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Melaleuca minutifolia IMG_0852

Another "Tea tree"

From Petheram & Kok (1983)

"This small tree, 2 to 5m high, invariably grows in clumps or thickets. The leaves are fine, 1 to 2mm long, scale-like and held in smallindentations in the stem. The flowers are white and are found in large clusters amongst the foliage. The fruit is cup-shaped and 2 to 3 mm long. (Occurs) on poor shallow soils which often beocme waterlogged during the wet season. .."

The Yambarran Range in the background. Taken near the new Bradshaw homestead.

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Uploaded on August 20, 2009
Taken on August 14, 2009