| Melaleuca trichophylla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Melaleuca |
| Species: | M. trichophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Melaleuca trichophylla Lindl. |
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Melaleuca trichophylla is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Its pink or purple flowers appear from August to December (late winter to early summer) in its native range.
It usually grows to between 0.15 and 1 metre in height and occurs on sandplains and hillsides.
The species was first formally described by botanist John Lindley in 1839 in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.