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Melaleuca penicula (K.J.Cowley) Craven

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 12:896 (1999)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading shrub, 1.8-3 m high, leaf blade narrowly ovate, 2.7-3.8 times as long as wide. Fl. red, Jan to Feb. Red/brown loamy sand or red sandy clay. Granite outcrops, valley slopes.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 May 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.