Swamp Honey Myrtle (Melaleuca Squamea - 200+ Seeds >Native

Mostly slow shrub to 3 m high, glabrous except for the young shoots and inflorescence axis; bark corky. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 5–12 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, veins 3(–5), tip acute, often turned upwards; petiole to 1.5 mm long. Inflorescence a terminal globular head, 1–1.5 cm wide, generally wider than long; axis hairy, growing on into leafy shoot. Flowers each subtended by an ovate, pointed, papery bract; stamens 4–9 per bundle, pink to purple with yellow anthers, claw to 1 mm long, free part of filaments c. 3–5 mm long. Capsules globose, 5–7 mm diam., sepals not persistent. Flowers spring–summer.