Melaleuca phoenicea — a medium houseplant
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Melaleuca phoenicea

Melaleuca Phoenicea

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Melaleuca phoenicea, commonly known as scarlet bottlebrush or lesser bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the plant as tubada. It is a shrub with thick, blue-green leaves and spikes of scarlet bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Melaleuca
Family
Myrtaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Lesser bottlebrush en Fiery bottlebrush en Scarlet bottlebrush
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Melaleuca phoenicea leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Melaleuca phoenicea leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Melaleuca phoenicea flower
PLATE 03 · flower
Melaleuca phoenicea fruit
PLATE 04 · fruit
Melaleuca phoenicea bark
PLATE 05 · bark
Melaleuca phoenicea bark
PLATE 06 · bark
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