Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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