Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca campanae


Melaleuca campanae photo
Melaleuca campanae flowers and leaves

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

Melaleuca campanae photo
Melaleuca campanae fruiit

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

Melaleuca campanae photo
Melaleuca campanae at the type location on Meanarra Hill near Kalbarri

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




PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca campanae in Australia

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


Description
Melaleuca campanae is a small spreading shrub growing to about 1 m tall. The leaves grow up to about 6 cm long and 9 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring. The pink or purple flowers are produced in round flower heads or short spikes up to about 25 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 3 mm long.

Habitat
sand plains, coastal cliffs, often in heath

Distribution
Melaleuca campanae is found between Kalbarri and Geraldton is south west of Western Australia

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m


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


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