Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Melaleuca decora

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

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

Common name

A paperbark

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Swamps. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands, north of Milton.

Notes

Shrub or tree to 7 m tall. Bark fibrous-papery. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.8-1.8 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, tips pointed, surfaces hairless. Flower spikes 20-90 mm long, many-flowered, white to cream. Individual flowers with 5 petals each 2-2.5 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~decora (accessed 24 January, 2021)