Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Melaleuca deanei
Common name
Deane's melaleuca, Deane's paperbark
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Woodland and wet heath. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands, north of Jervis Bay.
Notes
Shrub to 3m tall. Bark fibrous-flaky. New stems hairy, mature stems hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, usually 1.2-2.5 cm long, 3-6 mm wide, tips with a small abrupt point, surfaces hairless. Flower spikes many-flowered, 20-60 mm long, white. Individual flowers with 5 petals each 3-5 mm long. Stamens much longer. Flowers Summer.
Vulnerable Australia. Vulnerable NSW. Provisions of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
NSW Threatened Species profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10515 (accessed 7 January, 2021)
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melaleuca~deanei (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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