Mallee Honey-myrtle

Scientific Name:	Melaleuca brevifolia	Mallee Honey-myrtle - stems Photo: A J Brown
Other Common Names:	Short-leaf Honey-myrtle, d’Altons Melaleuca
Status:	Native to South Australia and Victoria
Plant Description:	Straggling shrub to 2.5 m high with rough, corky bark. Leaves often in pairs but not decussate, linear to oblanceolate, 3–7 mm long, 1–2 mm wide with a blunt apex. Flower clusters, white to yellowish, 6-11 mm wide, on previous seasons growth. Fruit capsules wrinkled, corky and warty, 4-6 mm wide.
Habitat:	Occasional, fringing swamps, lakes and streams in heathlands and shrublands. Sometimes on edges of saltland.
Comment:	A key to the more common Melaleuca species on waterlogged and saline land can be accessed here – Key to Melaleuca.

Mallee Honey-myrtle - leaves
Photo: A J Brown