Melaleuca wilsonii

Wilson's honey-myrtle
Melaleuca wilsonii in Maranoa Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. wilsonii
Binomial name
Melaleuca wilsonii
Synonyms[1]
  • Cajuputi wilsonii (F.Muell.) Skeels
  • Myrtoleucodendron wilsonii (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Melaleuca wilsonii, commonly known as Wilson's honey-myrtle or violet honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, native to parts of South Australia and Victoria. It is a shrub with narrow, pointed leaves and heads of purplish-pink flowers on the sides of the branches. It is adaptable to a wide range of soils, frost hardy and often cultivated.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca wilsonii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2021.