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Melaleuca linariifolia is a small tree growing to a height of 6–10 m (20–30 ft) with distinctive and attractive white or creamy white, papery bark and a dense canopy. Its leaves are arranged in alternating pairs (decussate), glabrous except when very young, 17–45 mm (0.7–2 in) long, 1–4 mm (0.04–0.2 in) wide, linear to lance-shaped ...
Melaleuca (/ ˌmɛləˈljuːkə /) is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles, bottlebrushes or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum). [ 2 ]: 19 They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than 16 m (52 ft) high ...
Melaleuca viminalis is a large shrub or small tree growing to 10 m (30 ft) tall with hard, fibrous, furrowed bark, a number of trunks and usually pendulous branches. Its leaves are arranged alternately and are 25–138 mm (1–5 in) long, 3–27 mm (0.1–1 in) wide, more or less flat, very narrow elliptical to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and the other end tapering ...
Melaleuca nesophila, commonly known as showy honey-myrtle, mindiyet or pink melaleuca, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area near Albany in Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is mindiyet. [ 2 ] Hardy and adaptable, with a dense crown of leaves and prolific heads of pink or purple flowers in late ...
Melaleuca alternifolia, commonly known as tea tree, [2] is a species of tree or tall shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to Australia , it occurs in southeast Queensland and the north coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales where it grows along streams and on swampy flats, and is often the dominant species where it occurs.
Metrosideros linearis (Schrad.] & J.C.Wendl.) Sm. Melaleuca linearis, commonly known as narrow-leaved bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is a medium-sized shrub with narrow leaves with a rigid point, and red flower spikes in late spring or early summer.
Leptospermum / ˌlɛptəˈspɜːrməm, - toʊ -/ [2][3] is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of Melaleuca. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent, but some are native to ...
Melaleuceae. Genus: Callistemon R.Br. [ 1 ] Callistemon / ˌkælɪˈstiːmən / [ 2 ] is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1814. [ 3 ] The entire genus is endemic to Australia but widely cultivated in many other regions and naturalised in scattered locations. [ 4 ]