- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 12:896 (1999)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading shrub, 1.8-3 m high, leaf blade narrowly ovate, 2.7-3.8 times as long as wide. Fl. red, Jan to Feb. Red/brown loamy sand or red sandy clay. Granite outcrops, valley slopes.
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![Photograph of Melaleuca penicula (K.J.Cowley) Craven Image](/science/timage/15782ic1.jpg)
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.