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BROOMBUSH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Broombush
Other Names
Broom honeymyrtle, Brushwood
Description
The Broombush is a shrub growing 2 m tall., or sometimes a small tree to 5 m. The leaves are narrow cylindrical with a curved claw at the tip and grow 2 cm to 4 cm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer from August to December. The flowers are white or cream and produced in ball-shaped clusters about 16 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are clustered in a ball about 1 cm in diameter.
Habitat
mallee, woodland, dry sclerophyll forest,
Distribution
Broombush is found in Queensland, New South Wales,, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 3
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, loam, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 350
Flower Colour: yellow
Flower Season: summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Melaleuca | | Species: | uncinata | | Common Name: | Broombush |
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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.JPG "Melaleuca uncinata")
.JPG "Melaleuca uncinata")