Claim: The melaleuca bracteosa has narrow, ovular leaves and cream-colored flowers with five bundles of stamens.
Evidence: Melaleuca bracteosa is a low, spreading shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Its leaves are narrow oval in shape, 2.7–9 mm (0.1–0.4 in) long and 0.9–1.5 mm (0.04–0.06 in), glabrous, bright green and fleshy with a blunt tip. The flowers are usually bright cream coloured but sometimes white or mauve-pink. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower, each bundle containing 3 to 8 stamens.