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DRYLAND TEA-TREE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Dryland Tea-tree
Description
The Dryland Tea-tree is a dense shrub or small tree growing to about 8m. The bark is rough and hard. Young branchlets are hairy. The alternate leaves are linear to narrow-elliptic with pointed tips, and grow to 5mm to 15mm long and 1mm to 3mm wide. The plant produced bottlebrush-like spikes of white flowers 2cm to 4cm long, mainly in summer. The individual flowers are grouped in threes. Petals are ovate and about 2mm long. The fruit are woody capsules about 4mm to 5mm in diameter.
Habitat
mallee, open woodland, ridges, coastal cliffs and dunes, on sandy, loam and clay soils
Distribution
New South Wales, Victoria., South Australia, Western Australia.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 3 - 8
Spread (m): 3 - 5
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 250
Flower Colour: cream
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Propagation
seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts nectar eating birds and insect eating birds, attracts butterflies. Birds may nest in foliage.
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Melaleuca | | Species: | lanceolata | | Common Name: | Dryland Tea-tree |
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Melaleuca barlowii
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Melaleuca bracteata
Melaleuca brevifolia
Melaleuca bromelioides
Melaleuca calothamnoides
Melaleuca calycina
Melaleuca campanae
Melaleuca cardiophylla
Melaleuca carrii
Melaleuca coccinea
Melaleuca concreta
Melaleuca conothamnoides
Melaleuca cordata
Melaleuca cucullata
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