Melaleuca halmaturorum

Melaleuca halmaturorum, known as Swamp Paperbark (noting that Melaleuca ericifolia and Melaleuca rhaphiophylla are also known by the common name as well), is a native tree of Western Australia,^[1] South Australia^[2] and Victoria.^[3]

Melaleuca halmaturorum is a shrub or a small, straggling tree up to 6-8m tall. It is slow-growing. Leaves are 3-7mm and flowers creamy-yellow. Rounded, cup-like seed pods of about 3-4mm are attached in clusters to leafy stems, and remain in place for several seasons.^[2] The soft, often light coloured, papery bark of the mature tree gives it its common name.

Melaleuca halmaturorum is salt tolerant, and is often found in swampy, waterlogged areas such as estuaries, coastal dunes and the fringes of salt lakes. It is often used in revegetation to remediate and stabilise saline sites.^[3]

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