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Melaleuca arcana

Melaleuca arcana
Photo: M. Fagg, CC BY 4.0

Melaleuca arcana is a small tree or large shrub from Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, grown mainly for its papery bark and white flower heads. It suits warm, humid, frost-free climates and needs a sunny spot with well-drained soil.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or lightly acidic soil; tolerates poor sandy soils.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Melaleuca arcana is a small tree or large shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in northern Australia. It has papery bark and small heads of white flowers in summer.

Where it grows

Melaleuca incana occurs on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in the swales between sand dunes.

Other Melaleuca plants

Kalbarri Beaufortia · Dark Beaufortia · Badgingarra Beaufortia · Beaufortia bracteosa · Beaufortia burbidgeae · Stirling Range Bottlebrush · Gravel Bottlebrush · Elegant Beaufortia · Beaufortia empetrifolia · Beaufortia eriocephala · Grey Leaved Beaufortia · Beaufortia interstans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca arcana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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