Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Melaleuca capitata

Flowering branches and nuts. Photographer Don Wood, Porters Gap Lookout, Morton National Park, north west of Milton

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, unknown photographer, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Sandstone honey-myrtle

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath. Coast and ranges between the Kings Highway and the Illawarra Highway.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m tall. Bark scaly. Branchlets hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 1-2.5 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, tips pointed, surfaces hairless. Flower heads white to pale yellow. Individual flowers with 5 petals each 2.5-3.5 mm long. Stamens much longer. Flowers Summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melaleuca~capitata (accessed 24 January, 2021)