Melaleuca suberosa

Corky honeymyrtle
Melaleuca suberosa in the Cape Le Grand National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. suberosa
Binomial name
Melaleuca suberosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Calothamnus suberosus Schauer
  • Melaleuca angulata Turcz.
  • Melaleuca exarata F.Muell.
  • Myrtoleucodendron exaratum (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Melaleuca suberosa, commonly known as cork-bark honey-myrtle[2] or corky honeymyrtle,[3] is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a distinctive shrub, recognised by its tiny, crowded leaves, corky bark and pink flowers that appear along lengths of leafless parts of the branches.

Habit
Fruit
  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca suberosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ Holliday, Ivan (2004). Melaleucas: a field and garden guide (2nd ed.). Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Reed New Holland Publishers. pp. 276–277. ISBN 1876334983.
  3. ^ "Melaleuca suberosa". Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 25 April 2015.