Melaleuca pulchella
Melaleuca
pulchella, commonly known as the claw flower, is a woody shrub of the
Myrtaceae family native to Western Australia. Growing as a spreading
shrub, Melaleuca pulchella may grow anywhere from 30 cm to 1.7 m (or
rarely 3 m) high. The numerous arching branches bear many small leaves
which are ovate to elliptic in shape and measure 0.2–0.6 cm in length by
0.1–0.3 cm wide. The leaf undersides have large oil glands. Appearing
from spring (October) to autumn, the flowers are pink to mauve in colour
with purple sepals. Hooked, the flowers are claw-like in appearance.
Flowering is followed by small urn-shaped seed pods about 0.6 cm in
diameter
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