Melaleuca L.
Leaves mostly alternate or scattered
Stamens red to purple or pink
Leaves lanceolate to narrow elliptic 1.5-5 mm wide.
Flower spikes (or heads) 1–2 cm long. Leaves lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm wide, 5-12 mm long, apex acute, ± incurved, 3–5-veined; petiole to 1.5 mm long. Stamens pinkish-purple. Capsules with ± undulate orifices, 5–7 mm diam., arranged in short clusters. Shrub 1–2 m high, with corky bark. Woronora Plateau. Wet places. Ss. Fl. spring Melaleuca squamea
Flower spikes >2 cm long. Leaves narrow elliptic 3.5–5 mm wide, 30–40 mm long, apex narrowly acute, petiole 2–2.5 mm long. Stamens pink, style red. Capsule 6 mm wide, narrowing towards theorifice. Shrub to 2.5 m high. Swampy areas. Megalong Valley. Vulnerable. Fl. Spring to early summer. Melaleuca sp.‘megalong valley’