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Malleostemon tuberculatus (Malleostemon tuberculatus)

Description

Malleostemon tuberculatus is a plant species of the Myrtaceae family endemic to Western Australia. The erect slender shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 2.5 metres (2.0 to 8.2 ft). It blooms between July and November producing pink-white flowers. It is found on sand plains and among granite outcrops in an area in the extending from the Mid West into the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or clay or loamy soils sometimes over laterite.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Malleostemon