Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell.

Shrub or small tree to 7 m tall. Leaves decussate, linear-lanceolate, 3-7 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, blunt, distinctly gland-dotted, veins obscure, stalk about 1 mm long. Flowers in terminal heads, consisting of clusters containing 2-6 flowers on a short, bracted stalk. Stamens 6-12, white, base 1.5-2 mm long, free part of filaments 3-4 mm long. Fruit capsule 3-4 mm long and wide.

SA, Vic.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Myrtales
family       Myrtaceae
genus        Melaleuca L.