- Melaleuca hypericifolia
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Melaleuca hypericifolia 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Melaleuca Species: M.hypericifolia Binomial name Melaleuca hypericifolia
Sm.[1]Synonyms - Myrtoleucodendron hypericifolium (Sm.) Kuntze
- Metrosideros hypericifolia Salisb.
- Cajuputi hypericifolia (Salisb.) Skeels
Melaleuca hypericifolia, commonly known as Hillock Bush, is a shrub species in the genus Melaleuca. It is endemic to New South Wales in Australia. The species grows to 6 metres in height and has leaves that are 10 to 40 mm long and 4 to 10 mm wide.[2] The red flower spikes appear in spring and summer.[2]
The species was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1797 in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London from material collected in "swampy ground" in New South Wales.[1] The species name references the similarity of the leaves to those of species of Hypericum.[3]
Melaleuca hypericifolia is naturalised in South Australia and Victoria.[2]
Cultivars incude:
- M. hypericifolia 'Snapper Point'
- M. hypericifolia 'Ulladulla Beacon'[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Melaleuca hypericifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Melaleuca+hypericifolia. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ a b c Wilson, Peter G.. "Melaleuca hypericifolia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melaleuca~hypericifolia. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ Robinson, Les. Field guide to the native plants of Sydney. Kangaroo Press. ISBN 97807313812110.
Categories:- Flora of New South Wales
- Melaleuca
- Myrtales of Australia
- Myrtaceae stubs
- Australian rosid stubs
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