Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca barlowii


Melaleuca barlowii photo
Melaleuca barlowii

Photograph by Murray Fagg. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca barlowii in Australia

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


Description
Melaleuca is a shrub growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are narrow and grow 2 cm to 4 cm long and 3 mm to 8 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and early summer from November to December. The flowers are pink to purple and produced in pom-pom flowerheads about 30 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 4 mm long.

Habitat
shrubland

Distribution
found in south west of Western Australia in an area south east of Geraldton

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 2m
Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:barlowii


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  Melaleuca acuminata
  Melaleuca adnata
  Melaleuca alternifolia
  Melaleuca argentea
  Melaleuca armillaris
  Melaleuca aspalathoides
  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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