| Coastal Paperbark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Melaleuca |
| Species: | M. alsophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Melaleuca alsophila A.Cunn. ex Benth. |
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Melaleuca alsophila, commonly known as the Coastal Paperbark or Saltwater Paperbark, is a plant in the Paperbark family native to Australia.
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It is a shrub or tree, often multistemmed and with white papery bark, growing to 2–15 m in height. It produces cream to white flowers between March and October. It is found on sandy, often saline, soils along watercourses, in swamps, on floodplains, coastal flats, and various saline habitats in northern Western Australia.[1]