Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca acuminata (Mallee Honeymyrtle)


Melaleuca acuminata photo
Melaleuca acuminata acuminata foliage, flowers and fruit growing in the Kalgarin Nature Reserve near Corrigin

Photograph by Geoff Derrin. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Melaleuca acuminata photo
Melaleuca acuminata acuminata growing in the Kalgarin Nature Reserve

Photograph by Geoff Derrin. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




MALLEE HONEYMYRTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca acuminata in Australia

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


Common Name
Mallee Honeymyrtle

Description
The Mallee Honeymyrtle is a shrub growing to about 3 m tall. The leaves are elliptic and grow 5 mm to 10 mm long and about 3 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring. The flowers are cream or white and produced in clusters of 3 to 6 along the stem, like a bottlebrush. The fruit capsules are about 3 mm to 5 mm in diameter.

Habitat
mallee woodland

Distribution
The Mallee Honeymyrtle is found in north west Victoria, south west parts of New South Wales, south east parts of South Australia, south west part of Western Australia,

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 4m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:acuminata
Common Name:Mallee Honeymyrtle


Relatives in same Genus
  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
  Melaleuca decussata
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