Melaleuca clavifolia

Melaleuca clavifolia
Near Regans Ford
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. clavifolia
Binomial name
Melaleuca clavifolia
Fruit in the Wannamal Nature Reserve

Melaleuca clavifolia is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub similar to Melaleuca tinkeri, with "pom-pom" heads of pinkish flowers and soft, silky hairs on the new growth but it has larger flower heads and its leaves are shorter, more club-shaped and have less distinct oil glands.

  1. ^ "Melaleuca clavifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 April 2021.