Swamp Melaleuca

Melaleuca squamea

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Botanical name
Melaleuca squamea
Also known as
Swamp Honey Myrtle, Swamp Melaleuca, Swamp Paperbark
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Melaleuca
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Swamp Melaleuca

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Melaleuca squamea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Melaleuca ottonis Melaleuca squamea var. glabra Myrtoleucodendron squameum

Others in Melaleuca

Melaleuca adnata
Melaleuca × codonocarpa
Melaleuca × mulleola
Melaleuca acacioides
Melaleuca accedens
Melaleuca acrifolia
Melaleuca acuminata
Mallee Honey Myrtle
Melaleuca halophila

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