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Melaleuca brophyi

Melaleuca brophyi
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Melaleuca brophyi is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small to medium-sized shrub with small, fleshy leaves and clusters of fruit that resemble soccer balls.

Where it grows

This melaleuca occurs between Southern Cross, Norseman and Esperance in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions in Western Australia. It grows in black clay in saline, low-lying areas.

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 brophyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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