Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Myrtales → Myrtaceae Juss. → Melaleuca L. → Melaleuca violacea Schauer
Straggly shrub, 0.1-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. purple, Jul or Oct to Nov. Sandy or clayey, often gravelly soils over limestone or laterite. Low ridges, undulating terrain, swamps.
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
IBRA Subregions: Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions: WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Albany, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Manjimup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.
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