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Melaleuca hamata Fielding & Gardner

Reference
Sert.Pl. 74 (1844)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect tree or shrub, 2-4 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep. Brown clay, dry yellow loam, gravel, granite. Watercourses, uplands.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 November 2000
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.