page_title: Melaleuca violacea
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Melaleuca violacea / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Melaleuca violacea growing at Cape Riche
context_page_description: Melaleuca violacea is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, straggly, prostrate to semi-prostrate shrub with purple flowers and star-shaped fruit.
context_section_description: Melaleuca violacea usually grows to a height of less than 1.5 m (5 ft) with many horizontal, layered branches. Its leaves are in opposite pairs, glabrous, heart-shaped to oblong or oval and variable in size, usually 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long, 2–8 mm (0.08–0.3 in) wide and with a short stalk.
  Purple or violet flowers appear on old wood, individually or in groups of up to six and usually in spring. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower, each bundle with up to 25 stamens. The base of the flower is glabrous, 1.5–2 mm (0.06–0.08 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to November and is followed by fruit which are woody capsules, 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.12 in) long, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) in diameter. The persistent sepals produce a star shape when the fruits are viewed end-on.
caption: M. violacea growing at Cape Riche
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