Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Melaleuca hypericifolia

Common name

Hillock bush

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Woodland, wet and dry heath, grassy areas, moist areas, along streams, and coastal headlands. Coast, ranges, and the eastern tablelands.

Notes

Shrub to 6 m tall. Bark corky to somewhat papery. Branchlets initially hairy with short hairs, soon becoming hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite or almost opposite each other, 1-4 cm long, 4-10 mm wide, tips blunt to pointed, surfaces hairless. Flower spikes orange to red, many-flowered, 30-50 mm long, about 60 mm wide. Individual flowers with 5 petals each about 5 mm long. Stamens much longer. Flowers Spring to Autumn.

Native in NSW, naturalised in Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melaleuca~hypericifolia  (accessed 13 April 2021)