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Melaleuca glomerata F.Muell.

Reference
Rep.Pl.Babbage's Exped. 10 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading, often procumbent shrub or tree, 1-8 m high. Fl. yellow-cream, Jun to Dec. Red sand, clay, sandy loam. Rocky river beds, shallow depressions, sandy flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 January 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Dune Field, Fortescue, Hamersley, Kintore, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pentecost, Pindanland, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.