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Melaleuca armillaris (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm.
Family Myrtaceae
Common name: Bracelet Honey-myrtle

Melaleuca armillaris (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. APNI*

Description: Shrub to 5 m high with hard or corky bark.

Leaves alternate, linear, 12–25 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, apex recurved, acute, glabrous; petiole 1–2 mm long.

Inflorescences many-flowered dense spikes 3–7 cm long, borne low on the branchlets; rachis ± glabrous to woolly. Flowers solitary within each bract, white or rarely pink. Petals ovate, 2–3 mm long. Stamens 16–18 per bundle; claw 5–6 mm long.

Fruit shortly cylindrical, 3–5 mm diam., orifice 2–4 mm diam.; sepals ± persistent.


Flower
Photo T.M. Tame

Fruit
Photo D. Hardin

Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in heath communities, often on headlands or coastal ranges.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by Peter. G. Wilson
Taxon concept:

One subspecies in NSW : Melaleuca armillaris subsp. armillaris

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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