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Melaleuca scalena Craven & Lepschi

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 17:266-267 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 5 m high, bark rough, papery, peeling at base. Fl. yellow, Dec. Grey sand, grey cracking clay, sandy clays & loams over granite, laterite gravel, quartz. Flats, gentle undulating slopes, hills, edge of drainage lines, adjacent to salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 August 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Goomalling, Jerramungup, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kent, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Narrogin, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Wagin, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.