MYRTACEAE Melaleuca squarrosa

Melaleuca squarrosa

 
Distinguishing features: "Paper bark" (one of many). Common shrub or small tree of wet scrub or heath. Opposite leaves with glandular dots. The leaves are in four rows ("square rows-a") when you look down the stem, they are about 5-15 mm long and relatively broad and flat. The flowers are yellow to yellowish white bottle brushes, and leave capsules sessile in groups on the stem (like Callistemon spp, which however do not stamens in 5 groups, and often have hard, sharp leaves). 
Sites Found: 
Site 2.4 Mixed Forest
 

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