Melaleuca ericifolia

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Read about Melaleuca ericifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Melaleuca ericifolia, Smith. Small tree, either glabrous or pubescent, the bark thick and soft: lvs. not rigid, usually recurved from the middle, narrowly linear or nearly cylindric, rather obtuse, about ½ in. long: fls. yellowish white, the spikes ½ -1 in. long and less than ½ in. wide, the rachis soon growing out, or the sterile fls. in nearly globular terminal heads; stamens ¼ in long, each claw bearing about 7 terminal filaments: fr. with broad base partly embedded in the rachis.— Resembles an arboreous heath. Used to a limited extent in Calif. as a lawn tree. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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