Melaleuca styphelioides
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Melaleuca styphelioides (cultivated) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.
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PRICKLY PAPERBARK FACTS
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Common Name
Prickly Paperbark
Description
The Prickly Paperbark or Prickly-leaved Tea Tree is a tall upright shrub or tree with papery white or light brown bark that peels off in large strips. The leaves are alternate and ovate, growing to 7mm to 15mm long and 3mm to 6mm wide. There are 15–30 veins along the length of the leaves. The leaves have pointed tips. Flowers are produced in 2cm long bottlebrush-shaped flower spikes in spring and summer. the flowers are usually in groups of three. Petals are almost circular and about 1mm to 2mm long. The ovoid fruits are grey-brown, woody capsules and about 2mm to 3mm in diameter.
Height
8m - 10m
Spread
6m - 8m
Habitat
Grows in moist locations such as creek banks
Propagation
seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts seed eating birds and insect eating birds
Distribution
New South Wales, Queensland,
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Melaleuca | | Species: | styphelioides | | Common Name: | Prickly Paperbark |
Relatives in same Genus
Melaleuca huegelii
Melaleuca lanceolata
Melaleuca trichophylla
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