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Melaleuca formosa, commonly known as Kingaroy bottlebrush or cliff bottlebrush is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Queensland and peripherally in New South Wales, Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon formosus). It is a shrub with weeping branches and spikes of lemon-coloured flowers in spring.
Melaleuca formosa is grown as a street tree in Kingaroy. It is recommended as a shrub to be grown under powerlines and has been found to be relatively tolerant to the fungal disease, myrtle rust (Uredo rangelii).
This melaleuca occurs in near coastal districts in south eastern Queensland, where it grows in vine forest or as an understorey plant beneath eucalypts in loam or sandy soil over trachyte.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca formosa 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.
