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Melaleuca diosmifolia

Planted garden shrubs, 115 Mount View Road, Bastia Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 22/09/2021, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted garden shrubs, 115 Mount View Road, Bastia Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 06/06/2021, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted garden shrubs, 115 Mount View Road, Bastia Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 14/06/2021, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted garden shrubs, 115 Mount View Road, Bastia Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/08/2021, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Flowers of naturalised shrub, Otaipango, Te Aupouri, Northland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 29/09/2019, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Germinated seed in greenhouse, from a cultivated shrub, Bastia Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 24/09/2021, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

green honey-myrtle

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Simplified description

Erect shrub to 3 m; branchlets either erect or pendent. Leaves bright shiny green, oval, usually curved; spiralled on young stems. Flowers in striking green ‘bottle-brush’ heads.

Flower colours

Green

Similar taxa

When flowering, is unlikely to be mistaken for other Melaleuca species.

Distribution

Endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Recorded as naturalised near Te Ahipara in Northland.

Habitat

Coastal, dunes

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Melaleuca

Family

Myrtaceae

Authority

Melaleuca diosmifolia Andrews

Endemic family

Ecology

Flowering

September – November.

Fruiting

Hard persistent capsules with abundant seed.

Year naturalised

2016, though reported from 2014

Origin

West Australia

Reason for introduction

Ornamental; wind-breaks; nectar for bees and bird

Tolerances

Probably drought and wind-resistant

Life cycle and dispersal

Wind dispersal

Propagation technique

Seed germinates freely and abundantly.

Other information

Collection information

Vouchers in Auckland Museum (AK).

Etymology

diosmifolia: Diosma-leaved

Manaaki Whenua Online Interactive Key

Key to the Myrtaceae of New Zealand

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Ogle CC, de Lange PJ, Cameron EK, Parris BS, Champion PD. 2020. Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 2007–2019. Perspectives in Biosecurity 5: 45–116 (p. 97). www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Perspectives-in-Biosecurity-5-Ogle-etal.pdf.

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