Claim: Melaleuca marginata is a prickly shrub with white flowers that occur mainly in early spring.
Evidence: Melaleuca marginata is a prickly shrub, growing to a height of about 2 m (7 ft). The white flowers are in clusters of up to 25 flowers along the sides of the branches, each cluster up to 30 mm (1 in) in diameter. Flowering occurs mainly in early spring and is followed by fruit which are woody capsules, with the sepals remaining as five teeth on each cup-shaped fruit.