Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca elliptica (Granite Honey-myrtle)


Melaleuca elliptica photo
Melaleuca elliptica flowers

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Melaleuca elliptica photo
Melaleuca elliptica leaves

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Melaleuca elliptica photo
Melaleuca elliptica growing 80 km W of Esperance

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PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca elliptica in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Granite Honey-myrtle

Description
The Granite Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to about 4 m tall. The leaves are elliptic and grow up to 2 cm long and up to 1 cm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer from August to March. The flowers are red or pink and produced in spikes up to 8 cm long and 6 cm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 8 mm in diameter.

Habitat
mallee woodland, heath

Distribution
Granite Honey-myrtle is found in southern Western Australia from roughly Albany to Israelite Bay and inland to about Kalgoorlie.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 4m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:elliptica
Common Name:Granite Honey-myrtle


Relatives in same Genus
  Melaleuca acuminata
  Melaleuca adnata
  Melaleuca alternifolia
  Melaleuca argentea
  Melaleuca armillaris
  Melaleuca aspalathoides
  Melaleuca barlowii
  Melaleuca blaeriifolia
  Melaleuca bracteata
  Melaleuca brevifolia
  Melaleuca bromelioides
  Melaleuca calothamnoides
  Melaleuca calycina
  Melaleuca campanae
  Melaleuca cardiophylla
  Melaleuca carrii
  Melaleuca coccinea
  Melaleuca concreta
  Melaleuca conothamnoides
  Melaleuca cordata
  Melaleuca cucullata
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