Melaleuca lanceolata

Melaleuca lanceolata

Melaleuca lanceolata is a native to Australia plant from the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae ).

Features

Melaleuca lanceolata is a shrub or small tree, reaching heights of growth of up to 10 m. The bark is rough, young twigs are hairy. The leaves are alternate, are linear to narrowly lanceolate, 5-15 mm long and 1-3 mm wide. The blade end is pointed, the leaf blade glabrous. The petiole is about 1 mm long.

The inflorescences are Vielblütige ears 2-4 cm in length. The inflorescence axis is hairy. The flowers are in threes in the axils of bracts. They are white. The petals are oval and 1.5-2.5 mm long.

The fruit is spherical or box -shaped and has a diameter of 4-5 mm. The opening is about 1 mm. The sepals remain attached to the fruit.

Dissemination and locations

Melaleuca lanceolata is native to Australia and is found in the states of Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The species grows in the Mallee and open in Woodlands on loamy soils. She is in New South Wales widespread in drier regions and locally common. In Western Australia, it occurs on limestone, clay and loam soils, on brown, gray and white sand. It grows here on Kalkhängen, coastal cliffs and dunes, salt flats in and near salt lakes.

Taxonomy

The type Melaleuca lanceolata was in 1820 by Christoph Friedrich Otto first described in CGD Nees von Esenbecks work " Horae Physicae Berolinensis ".

Documents

• Myrtle
• Myrtaceae