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Melaleuca viridiflora Gaertn.
Broadleaf Paperbark

Reference
Fruct.Sem.Pl. 1:173 (1788)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub, 2.5-20 m high. Fl. cream/red, Jan to Aug. Sand, sandstone, sometimes clay. Along watercourses, swamps, seasonally damp sites.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 January 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, King Sound.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.