Melaleuca cardiophylla (Umbrella Bush)

Melaleuca cardiophylla leaves and flowers

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Melaleuca cardiophylla fruit

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Melaleuca cardiophylla growing on the coast near Kalbarri

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UMBRELLA BUSH FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca cardiophylla in Australia

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

Common Name
Umbrella Bush

Other Names
Tangling Melaleuca

Description
The Umbrella Bush is a prickly shrub growing 3 m tall. The leaves are heart-shaped with sharp points and grow to about 8 mm long and 6 mm wide. Flowers are produced at various times of the year, usually between August and January. The flowers are white or cream and produced in clusters along the stems. The fruit capsules are about 10 mm in diameter.

Habitat
coastal plains, sand dunes, eucalypt woodland

Distribution
Umbrella Bush is found in the west and south west of Western Australia between Perth, and Exmouth.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 3m

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Species:	cardiophylla
Common Name:	Umbrella Bush

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 carrii
  Melaleuca coccinea
  Melaleuca concreta
  Melaleuca conothamnoides
  Melaleuca cordata
  Melaleuca cucullata
  Melaleuca decussata
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