Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca undulata (Hidden Honey-myrtle)


Melaleuca undulata photo
Melaleuca undulata flowers

Photograph by Kevin Thiele from Perth. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




HIDDEN HONEY-MYRTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca undulata in Australia

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


Common Name
Hidden Honey-myrtle

Description
The Hidden Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are narrow or oval and grow about 5 mm to 15 mm long and 2 mm to 4 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer at some time from October to March. The flowers are white or cream and produced in flower heads about 25 mm in diameter growing along the branches. The fruit capsules are about 3 mm to 4 mm long.

Habitat
mallee, heath, in swamps, and other wet soils

Distribution
Hidden Honey-myrtle is found in southern parts of Western Australia from area around Albany to Israelite Bay.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 2m
Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:undulata
Common Name:Hidden 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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