Melaleuca huegelii

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

Melaleuca huegelii, or Chenille Honey-myrtle, is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to Western Australia. Its pink, white or purple flowers appear between early spring and mid summer (September to January in Australia).

It usually ranges between 0.5 and 5 metres in height and occurs in coastal areas on limestone cliffs, dunes and plains.

Melaleuca huegelii was named for the collector of the type specimen, Carl von Huegel, who found the species growing at Fremantle in 1833. The formal description of the species was published by Stephan Endlicher in his Enumeratio plantarum in 1837.

References

• "Melaleuca huegelii Endl.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=36856. 
• "Melaleuca huegelii". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5920.