Melaleuca parviceps 14304
Author: John Lindley (1799-1865)Family: Myrtaceae Subfamily: Myrtoideae Tribe: Melaleuceae
Genus: Melaleuca
English name: Rough Honey Myrtle
Zone: Australia
Description
This species is from Western Australia. Mainly in the Darling Range district with inland occurrences in the Wyalkatchem-Kellerberrin district. It is recorded as occurring in low scrubland, heathland with mallee, Jarrah woodland-forest, swamp flats, open shrubland, on lateritic clay over granite, and sand over granite with quartzite. The species epithet is from the Latin parvus, little, small, and -ceps, from caput, head, in reference to the small inflorescences in the type collection.
Melaleuca parviceps Observed in Australia by ladyrobyn (license)
Botanical Description
It is a shrub from 0,3-1,2m tall. The branchlets are glabrescent, more or less sericeous.
The leaves are alternate, 7,5-25mm long, 0,7-1,2mm wide, 10-27 times as long as wide, subsessile to rarely short-petiolate. The blade is glabrescent, with more or less sericeous hairs overlaid with longer pubescent hairs, linear to linear-obovate. The base is parallel, the apex is acuminate or acute to obtuse. The 3 veins are longitudinal. The oil glands are moderately dense, obscure to distinct, scattered.
The inflorescences are capitate or shortly spicate, pseudoterminal and sometimes also upper axillary, with 2-8 triads, up to 25mm wide. The hypanthium is hairy, 1,5-2,5mm long. The calyx lobes are abaxially glabrous or very rarely hairy, 0,5-1,5mm long, scarious throughout. The petals are caducous, 1,7-3mm long. There are 6-10 stamens per bundle. The filaments are pink, mauve, purple, rose-pink, magenta or mauve-pink, 8-12,5mm long. The bundle claw is 3-5,2mm long, 0,3-0,5 times as long as the filaments. The style is 10-14,5mm long.
The infructescences are peg-fruited. The fruit is 2,5-3,5mm long. The calyx lobes are weathering away or rarely weakly developed sepaline teeth occur. The cotyledons are obvolute.
Medicinal plant
This species gives a predominantly monoterpenoid oil. The principal monoterpene encountered is linalool (41,2%). This is accompanied by lesser amounts of a-pinene (7%), ß-pinene (17%), limonene (1,6%) and a-terpineol (1,2%). The main sesquiterpenes encountered are globulol (5%), bicyclogermacrene (2%), viridiflorol (2%), spathulenol (4,3%) and cubeban-11-ol (1,3%).
References
- Melaleucas, Their botany, essential oils and uses, Joseph J. Brophy, Lyndley A. Craven & John C. Doran. 2013 pag. 270-271. ISBN
The leaves are alternate, 7,5-25mm long, 0,7-1,2mm wide, 10-27 times as long as wide, subsessile to rarely short-petiolate. The blade is glabrescent, with more or less sericeous hairs overlaid with longer pubescent hairs, linear to linear-obovate. The base is parallel, the apex is acuminate or acute to obtuse. The 3 veins are longitudinal. The oil glands are moderately dense, obscure to distinct, scattered.
The inflorescences are capitate or shortly spicate, pseudoterminal and sometimes also upper axillary, with 2-8 triads, up to 25mm wide. The hypanthium is hairy, 1,5-2,5mm long. The calyx lobes are abaxially glabrous or very rarely hairy, 0,5-1,5mm long, scarious throughout. The petals are caducous, 1,7-3mm long. There are 6-10 stamens per bundle. The filaments are pink, mauve, purple, rose-pink, magenta or mauve-pink, 8-12,5mm long. The bundle claw is 3-5,2mm long, 0,3-0,5 times as long as the filaments. The style is 10-14,5mm long.
The infructescences are peg-fruited. The fruit is 2,5-3,5mm long. The calyx lobes are weathering away or rarely weakly developed sepaline teeth occur. The cotyledons are obvolute.
Medicinal plant
This species gives a predominantly monoterpenoid oil. The principal monoterpene encountered is linalool (41,2%). This is accompanied by lesser amounts of a-pinene (7%), ß-pinene (17%), limonene (1,6%) and a-terpineol (1,2%). The main sesquiterpenes encountered are globulol (5%), bicyclogermacrene (2%), viridiflorol (2%), spathulenol (4,3%) and cubeban-11-ol (1,3%).
References
- Melaleucas, Their botany, essential oils and uses, Joseph J. Brophy, Lyndley A. Craven & John C. Doran. 2013 pag. 270-271. ISBN
References for the genus
- Encyclopedia of Australian Plants, Elliot W. Rodger & Jones David L. 2012 pag. 81,315-318,436. ISBN
- A review of Melaleuca L.(Myrtaceae) in South Australia, Carrick, John and Chorney, K. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 1979 pag. 281-319. JStor
- A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in Northern and Eastern Australia, 1, Byrnes, N.B. Austrobaileya 1984 Vol. 1(1) pag. 65-76. DOI
- A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in Northern and Eastern Australia, 2, N.B. Byrnes. Austrobaileya 1985 Vol. 2(2) pag. 131-146. JStor
- A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in Northern and Eastern Australia, 3, Byrnes, N.B. Austrobaileya 1986 Vol. 2 pag. 254-273. DOI
- A revision of the genus Eremaea (Myrtaceae), Hnatiuk, RJ. Nuytsia 1993 Vol. 9(2) pag. 137-222. Address
- A taxonomic revision of Beaufortia (Myrtaceae: Melaleuceae)., Burbidge, Andrew A. Nuytsia 2016 Vol. 27. Address
- A taxonomic revision of the genus Calothamnus Labill.(Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae). Part 1. The 4-merous species [Western Australia], Hawkeswood, TJ. Nuytsia 1987 Vol. 6(1) pag. 67-126. Address
- Melaleucas a field and garden guide, Ivan Holliday. 1989. ISBN
- Melaleucas, Their botany, essential oils and uses, Joseph J. Brophy, Lyndley A. Craven & John C. Doran. 2013. ISBN
- Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Melaleuca, Callistemon and related genera (Myrtaceae), Brown, Gillian K and Udovicic, Frank and Ladiges, Pauline Y. Australian Systematic Botany 2001 Vol. 14(4) pag. 565-585. ResearchGate
- New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae), Craven, Lyn A and Edwards, Robert D and Cowley, Kirsten J. Taxon 2014 Vol. 63(3) pag. 663-670. DOI
- New names and combinations for some Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species and subspecies from the south-west of Western Australia considered rare or threatened, Quinn, Francis C. and Cowley, K J and Barlow, Bryan A. (Bryan Alwyn), and Thiele, Kevin,. Nuytsia 1992 Vol. 8 pag. 333-350. Address
- Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia, Hawkeswood, Trevor. Nuytsia 1984 Vol. 5(1) pag. 123-153. ResearchGate
- Notes on Conothamnus Lindl. with the description of a new section, sect. Gongylocephalus Craven (Myrtaceae), Craven, Lyndley. Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany 2002 Vol. 16 pag. 39-42. DOI
- How to grow Bottle Brushes. Australian Plants 1960 Vol. 1(3). Address
- The use of Trees and Shrubs in the Dry Country of Australia, Norman Hall. 1972 pag. 386. ISBN
- A review of Melaleuca L.(Myrtaceae) in South Australia, Carrick, John and Chorney, K. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 1979 pag. 281-319. JStor
- A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in Northern and Eastern Australia, 1, Byrnes, N.B. Austrobaileya 1984 Vol. 1(1) pag. 65-76. DOI
- A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in Northern and Eastern Australia, 2, N.B. Byrnes. Austrobaileya 1985 Vol. 2(2) pag. 131-146. JStor
- A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in Northern and Eastern Australia, 3, Byrnes, N.B. Austrobaileya 1986 Vol. 2 pag. 254-273. DOI
- A revision of the genus Eremaea (Myrtaceae), Hnatiuk, RJ. Nuytsia 1993 Vol. 9(2) pag. 137-222. Address
- A taxonomic revision of Beaufortia (Myrtaceae: Melaleuceae)., Burbidge, Andrew A. Nuytsia 2016 Vol. 27. Address
- A taxonomic revision of the genus Calothamnus Labill.(Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae). Part 1. The 4-merous species [Western Australia], Hawkeswood, TJ. Nuytsia 1987 Vol. 6(1) pag. 67-126. Address
- Melaleucas a field and garden guide, Ivan Holliday. 1989. ISBN
- Melaleucas, Their botany, essential oils and uses, Joseph J. Brophy, Lyndley A. Craven & John C. Doran. 2013. ISBN
- Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Melaleuca, Callistemon and related genera (Myrtaceae), Brown, Gillian K and Udovicic, Frank and Ladiges, Pauline Y. Australian Systematic Botany 2001 Vol. 14(4) pag. 565-585. ResearchGate
- New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae), Craven, Lyn A and Edwards, Robert D and Cowley, Kirsten J. Taxon 2014 Vol. 63(3) pag. 663-670. DOI
- New names and combinations for some Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species and subspecies from the south-west of Western Australia considered rare or threatened, Quinn, Francis C. and Cowley, K J and Barlow, Bryan A. (Bryan Alwyn), and Thiele, Kevin,. Nuytsia 1992 Vol. 8 pag. 333-350. Address
- Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia, Hawkeswood, Trevor. Nuytsia 1984 Vol. 5(1) pag. 123-153. ResearchGate
- Notes on Conothamnus Lindl. with the description of a new section, sect. Gongylocephalus Craven (Myrtaceae), Craven, Lyndley. Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany 2002 Vol. 16 pag. 39-42. DOI
- How to grow Bottle Brushes. Australian Plants 1960 Vol. 1(3). Address
- The use of Trees and Shrubs in the Dry Country of Australia, Norman Hall. 1972 pag. 386. ISBN
General specifications
Biological type: shrub
Frost resistance: 19ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: pink
Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 1,9ft x 1,9ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h Foliage: evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time at June
Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 30%Compost+30%Coco+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Eucalyptus; forestry plate 8cm, forestry pot 3L, Airpot 12L, Airpot 50L, Airpot 800L
Propagation is done by cuttings
Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 600-1200mm
Clay soil: much
Sandy soil: much
Frost resistance: 19ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: pink
Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 1,9ft x 1,9ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h Foliage: evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time at June
Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 30%Compost+30%Coco+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Eucalyptus; forestry plate 8cm, forestry pot 3L, Airpot 12L, Airpot 50L, Airpot 800L
Propagation is done by cuttings
Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 600-1200mm
Clay soil: much
Sandy soil: much
Sowing instructions
SPRING Sow the seeds on the surface of Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix between 68-77°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight. The seeds germinate in 3-6 weeks.
Germination references for the genus
- How to grow Bottle Brushes. Australian Plants 1960 Vol. 1(3). Address
Cuttings instructions
Take the cuttings in early spring, soak them in a hormonal preparation for cuttings. Plant them in a substrate rich in perlite and keep them sufficiently moist in sealed freezer bags.
Germination references for the genus
- How to grow Bottle Brushes. Australian Plants 1960 Vol. 1(3). Address
Cuttings instructions
Take the cuttings in early spring, soak them in a hormonal preparation for cuttings. Plant them in a substrate rich in perlite and keep them sufficiently moist in sealed freezer bags.