Melaleuca rhaphiophylla — a medium houseplant
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Melaleuca rhaphiophylla

Melaleuca Rhaphiophylla

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Melaleuca rhaphiophylla, commonly known as swamp paperbark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It has narrow, needle-like leaves and profuse spikes of white or yellowish flowers at variable times throughout the year. As its common name suggests, it is usually found in salt marshes, or swamps or along watercourses and occurs over wide areas of the south-west.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Melaleuca
Family
Myrtaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Swamp paperbark
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Melaleuca rhaphiophylla leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Melaleuca rhaphiophylla fruit
PLATE 02 · fruit
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