Common Name: Mallee Honey-myrtle
Botanical Name: Melaleuca acuminata
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Slender-branched, medium to tall shrub, 1-3 m high. Small, narrow, green, tapering to a recurved (backward bending) point, 5-10 mm long by 1-4 mm wide, visible black-dotted glands when held up to light. Cream-white flowers in irregularly-spaced, cylindrical clusters (approximately 6 cm long) along branchlets. Spring (September to November). Small, woody, smooth, globular capsules, 4 mm diameter, arranged in irregularly-spaced cylindrical clusters along branchlets, brown peppery seed. Throughout the year.
Slender-branched, medium to tall shrub, 1-3 m high. Small, narrow, green, tapering to a recurved (backward bending) point, 5-10 mm long by 1-4 mm wide, visible black-dotted glands when held up to light. Cream-white flowers in irregularly-spaced, cylindrical clusters (approximately 6 cm long) along branchlets. Spring (September to November). Small, woody, smooth, globular capsules, 4 mm diameter, arranged in irregularly-spaced cylindrical clusters along branchlets, brown peppery seed. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed throughout lower rainfall regions in all agricultural districts of SA. Extends into WA, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Widely distributed throughout lower rainfall regions in all agricultural districts of SA. Extends into WA, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
Similar in appearance to Melaleuca lanceolata, differing with its visible black glands on the leaves, irregularly-clustered smaller fruits, and flowering in spring.
Similar in appearance to Melaleuca lanceolata, differing with its visible black glands on the leaves, irregularly-clustered smaller fruits, and flowering in spring.
