Citation: Donn ex Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. 6:300 (1802).

Synonymy: M. myrtifolia Vent., Jard. Malm. 1:t. 47 (1804).

Common name: Bottlebrush tea-tree, scented paper-bark.

Description:
Shrub or tree 3-12 m high, glabrous except for the pubescent young shoots and the densely and more persistently pubescent rhachis; leaves decussate, ovate, 5-10 mm long, 5-7 mm broad, acute, distinctly 5-7-nerved, scattered-glandular below, truncate to cordate at the base; petiole c. 1 mm long.

Flowers in 5-10 pairs of triads in mostly terminal spikes with the axis soon growing on, subtended by deciduous nearly orbicular bracts c. 4 mm long otherwise resembling the leaves; hypanthium cup-shaped, 1.5-2.5 mm long; sepals triangular, c. 1 mm long; stamens in bundles of 7-12, white; claw c. 1 mm long; free parts of filaments 5-6 mm long.

Fruit wrinkled, cylindrical to rounded, 3-4 mm long, truncate, in dense spikes on woody stems.

Published illustration: Costermans (1981) Native trees and shrubs of south-eastern Australia, p. 251.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: in late spring and summer.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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