Melaleuca squamea (Swamp Honey-myrtle)

Melaleuca squamea flowers

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

SWAMP HONEY-MYRTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca squamea in Australia

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Common Name
Swamp Honey-myrtle

Description
The Swamp Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are small with pointed tips, crowded on the stem, and grow 5 mm to 12 mm long and 1 mm to 3 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring. The flowers are lilac or mauve and produced in flower heads about 20 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 5 to 7 mm long.

Habitat
heathland on wet ground

Distribution
Swamp Honey-myrtle is found in eastern New South Wales, south western Victoria, south eastern South Australia, Tasmania

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 3
Spread (m): 1 - 3
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: pink, purple
Flower Season: spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Species:	squamea
Common Name:	Swamp Honey-myrtle

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