Melaleuca trichophylla
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Melaleuca trichophylla (cultivated, labelled), Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.
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PLANT FACTS
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Description
Melaleuca trichophylla is a small spreading shrub from Western Australia. It produces globular clusters of pink, reddish pink or purple flowers in late winter to early summer in its natural range. Some plants are rounded shrubs, but can be sparse and straggly.
Height
0.3m - 1m
Spread
0.6m - 2m
Habitat
sand plains and hillsides
Propagation
seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters
Distribution
endemic to south-west of Western Australia
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Melaleuca | | Species: | trichophylla |
Relatives in same Genus
Melaleuca huegelii
Melaleuca lanceolata
Melaleuca styphelioides
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