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Melaleuca coccinea A.S.George
Goldfields Bottlebrush

Reference
W.Austral.Naturalist 10:28-29 (1966)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Much branched shrub, 1.5-2.6 m high, leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 1.5-2.2 times as long as wide. Fl. red, Sep to Nov or Jan. Sandy loam over granite. Granite outcrops, sandplain, river valleys.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 May 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Ravensthorpe.