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Melaleuca nervosa subsp. crosslandiana (W.Fitzg.) Craven

Reference: Southwell & Lowe, Tea Tree:the genus Melaleuca 23 (1999)
Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current

Tree or shrub, 1.5-7 m high. Fl. green-cream-yellow/red, Mar to Sep. Alluvium, sandy soils. Along watercourses, in damp depressions, red sand dunes.

Distribution

IBRA Regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions: Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.