Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca scabra (Rough Honey-myrtle)


Melaleuca scabra photo
Melaleuca scabra leaves, flowers

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

Melaleuca scabra photo
Melaleuca scabra leaves, flowers

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

Melaleuca scabra photo
Melaleuca scabra growing at Mylies Beach near East Mount Barren

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




ROUGH HONEY-MYRTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca scabra in Australia

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


Common Name
Rough Honey-myrtle

Description
The Rough Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to about 1 m tall. The leaves are rough- textured and narrow and grow 6 mm to 20 mm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in winter and spring from July to November. The flowers are pink or purple and produced in flower heads about 2 cm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 4 mm long.

Habitat
heathland, mallee

Distribution
Rough Honey-myrtle is found in south of Western Australia between Hopetoun and Israelite Bay.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:scabra
Common Name:Rough Honey-myrtle


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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