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Melaleuca spectabilis is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was formerly known as a subspecies of Melaleuca longistaminea. It is a low, prickly shrub with yellow or lime-green flowers in spring and early summer.
This melaleuca occurs in the Geraldton and Ajana districts in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region. The plants grow in scrub and low heath in sandy or gravelly clay loam.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca spectabilis 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.
