Claim: Melaleuca bromelioides, a shrub to about 1.0–1.5 m (3–5 ft) high with mostly glabrous foliage and branches, has flowers that are white when young but turn reddish as they age, and the flowers grow in heads at or near the ends of the branches which continue to grow after flowering.
Evidence: Melaleuca bromelioides is a shrub to about 1.0–1.5 m (3–5 ft) high with mostly glabrous foliage and branches. The flowers are white when young but turn reddish as they age. They are in heads at or near the ends of the branches which continue to grow after flowering.