Melaleuca pauciflora

Melaleuca pauciflora
Near Ashendon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. pauciflora
Binomial name
Melaleuca pauciflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Melaleuca leptoclada Benth.
  • Myrtoleucodendron leptocladum (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Myrtoleucodendron pauciflorum (Turcz.) Kuntze

Melaleuca pauciflora is a shrub in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Its decussate leaf arrangement and its small heads of white flowers on the sides of its branches are diagnostic. This is probably the least spectacular of all the melaleucas.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca pauciflora". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2021.