Melaleuca armillaris

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Bracelet honey myrtle

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species: M. armillaris
Binomial name
Melaleuca armillaris
(Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm.

Melaleuca armillaris, known as the Bracelet honey myrtle, is a plant native to south-eastern Australia. It also has a subspecies, akineta Quinn, that is found in South Australia.

Melaleuca armillaris ranges from a shrub to a small tree about to about 5m in height. It has hard bark and narrow-linear leaves about 1mm wide. Flowers are arranged in the usual cylindrical inflorescence, with conspicuous staminal claws 5-6mm long.

[edit] References

  • K. J. Cowley, F. C. Quinn, B. A. Barlow and L. A. Craven (17 August 1990). "Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 7-10". Australian Systematic Botany. 
  • NSW Flora Online
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