Melaleuca radula

Melaleuca radula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Species:	M. radula
Binomial name
Melaleuca radula Lindl.

Melaleuca radula, or Graceful Honey-myrtle, is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It ranges between 0.3 metres and 2.4 metres in height and has purple, pink or white flowers that appear in winter and spring.^[1]

The species was first formally described in 1839 by botanist John Lindley in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony^[2]

References

1. ^ * "Melaleuca radula". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5958. 
2. ^ "Melaleuca radula". 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+radula. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 

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