Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca wilsonii (Wilson's Honey-myrtle)


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Melaleuca wilsonii, the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas, California.

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Melaleuca wilsonii, Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria

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Melaleuca wilsonii foliage, San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas, California..

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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.



PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca wilsonii in Australia

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


Common Name
Wilson's Honey-myrtle

Other Names
Violet Honey-myrtle

Description
Wilson's Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are narrow and pointed and grow 8 mm to 15 mm long and 1 mm to 2 mm wide. The plant flowers in late spring and early summer from October to December. The flowers are purple-pink or lilac and produced in clusters up to 25 mm in diameter along the branches. The fruit capsules are about 3 mm long.

Habitat
wet soils in eucalypt forest, scrubland, mallee heath.

Distribution
Wilson's Honey-myrtle is found in south east of South Australia, and western and central Victoria.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 2
Spread (m): 1 - 3
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 400
Flower Colour: pink / purple
Flower Season: spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:wilsonii
Common Name:Wilson's Honey-myrtle


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