Melaleuca coccinea

Goldfields bottlebrush
Melaleuca coccinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. coccinea
Binomial name
Melaleuca coccinea

Melaleuca coccinea, commonly known as the goldfields bottlebrush is a shrub in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic the south of Western Australia. It is distinguished by its unusual foliage and bottlebrush spikes of red flowers.

  1. ^ "Melaleuca coccinea". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 August 2021.