Melaleuca clavifolia
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Melaleuca clavifolia is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub similar to Melaleuca tinkeri, with "pom-pom" heads of pinkish flowers and soft, silky hairs on the new growth but it has larger flower heads and its leaves are shorter, more club-shaped and have less distinct oil glands.
Description
Melaleuca clavifolia is a small, spreading shrub sometimes growing to a height of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).. Its young growth is covered with soft, silky hairs some of which persist in the mature leaves and branches. The leaves are arranged alternately, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide, narrow egg-shaped with the end wider than the base, and the base tapering to the same width as the stalk.[1][2]
The flowers are a shade of pink to purple and are arranged in heads or short spikes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering, sometimes also in the upper leaf axils. The heads are up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). in diameter and contain 4 to 9 groups of flowers in threes. The petals are Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long and fall off as the flower ages. The stamens are arranged in bundles of five around the flower, with 5 to 7 stamens in each bundle. The flowering season is mainly in spring and is followed by fruits which are woody capsules, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long forming roughly oval clusters around the stem.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Melaleuca clavifolia was first formally described in 1999 by Lyndley Craven and Brendan Lepschi in Australian Systematic Botany.[3][4] The specific epithet (clavifolia) is from the Latin clava meaning "a club"[5] and folium "a leaf"[6] in reference to the shape of most of the leaves of this species.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Melaleuca clavifolia occurs in and between the Coorow, Green Head and Moore River districts [1] in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.[7] It grows in sand and gravel in lateritic soils on flats and hillsides.[7]
Conservation
Melaleuca clavifolia is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian government Department of Parks and Wildlife[7]
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