Melaleuca nesophila
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Melaleuca nesophila, F. Muell. Glabrous shrub or tree, to 35 ft., with thick spongy bark exfoliating in broad strips: lvs. alternate, thick, obovate-oblong, obtuse but often mucronate, ½ -l in. long, about ¼ in wide, obscurely 1- or 3-nerved: fls. pink or rose-color, the heads 1 in. or more thick; stamen-claw short: frs. smooth, congested in knot-like masses. May-Sept.— A very rapidly growing species used for large shrubberies and (in S. Calif.) for shade above seats in parks. The persistent caps. are unsightly in small grounds.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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