Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca systena (Coastal Honeymyrtle)


Melaleuca systena photo
Melaleuca acerosa growing at the Ongerup Wildflower Show

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




COASTAL HONEYMYRTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca systena in Australia

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


Common Name
Coastal Honeymyrtle

Description
The Coastal Honeymyrtle is a shrub growing 0.5 m to 2 m tall. The leaves are narrow up to 15 mm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in winter, spring and summer. The flowers are creamy-yellow and produced in ball-shaped clusters. The fruit capsules are about 5 mm in diameter. The plant was previously known as Melaleuca acerosa.

Habitat
coastal areas

Distribution
south west of Western Australia from about Shark Bay to Albany

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.6m - 2m
Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:systena
Common Name:Coastal Honeymyrtle


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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