Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca radula (Graceful Honey-myrtle)


Melaleuca radula photo
Melaleuca radula flowers

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Melaleuca radula photo
Melaleuca radula leaves and flowers

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Melaleuca radula photo
Melaleuca radula habit

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PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca radula in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Graceful Honey-myrtle

Description
The Graceful Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to 2.5 m tall. The leaves are narrow and grow 1 cm to 4 cm long and up to 2 mm wide. The plant flowers in winter and spring from July to September. The flowers are pink or purple, fading to white, and produced in spikes about 4 cm long. The fruit capsules are about 5 mm in diameter.

Habitat
Sandy soils, gravelly soils, amongst rocks and near watercourses.

Distribution
The Graceful Honey-myrtle is found in south west of Western Australia inland from Perth and Geraldton.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 2.5m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:radula
Common Name:Graceful Honey-myrtle


Relatives in same Genus
  Melaleuca acuminata
  Melaleuca adnata
  Melaleuca alternifolia
  Melaleuca argentea
  Melaleuca armillaris
  Melaleuca aspalathoides
  Melaleuca barlowii
  Melaleuca blaeriifolia
  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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