Melaleuca glomerata

Desert honey-myrtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. glomerata
Binomial name
Melaleuca glomerata
Synonyms
  • Melaleuca hakeoides F.Muell. ex Benth.
  • Myrtoleucodendron glomeratum (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Myrtoleucodendron hakeoides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Kuntze

Melaleuca glomerata, commonly known as the desert honey-myrtle, inland paperbark or white tea-tree is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae native to inland Australia. It is a small tree or shrub growing in arid areas, often in creek beds and shallow depressions.