Melaleuca nesophila

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Melaleuca nesophila
Melaleuca nesophila
Melaleuca nesophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species: M. nesophila
Binomial name
Melaleuca nesophila
F.Muell.

Melaleuca nesophila, or Showy Honey-myrtle, is a shrub which is endemic to an area near Albany in Western Australia. It usually ranges between 2 metres and 3 metres in height and has elliptical leaves that are about 2cm long. The purple flowers, which appear from spring to mid-summer, are in globular clusters which are about 2.5 cm in diameter.

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