Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca bromelioides


Melaleuca bromelioides photo
Melaleuca bromelioides near Ravensthorpe

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

Melaleuca bromelioides photo
Melaleuca bromelioides near Ravensthorpe - flowering shrub

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

Melaleuca bromelioides photo
Melaleuca bromelioides near Ravensthorpe - habit

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




PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca bromelioides in Australia

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


Description
Melaleuca bromelioides is a shrub growing 1 m to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are prickly like pine needles and grow 7 mm to 13 mm long and up to 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring from September to October. The flowers are white becoming reddish with age and are produced in rounded flower heads about 20 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 5 mm in diameter.

Habitat
mallee, woodland, scrubland

Distribution
Melaleuca bromelioides is found in the south west of Western Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1.2m - 1.5m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:bromelioides


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 calothamnoides
  Melaleuca calycina
  Melaleuca campanae
  Melaleuca cardiophylla
  Melaleuca carrii
  Melaleuca coccinea
  Melaleuca concreta
  Melaleuca conothamnoides
  Melaleuca cordata
  Melaleuca cucullata
  Melaleuca decussata
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