page_title: Melaleuca subtrigona
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Melaleuca subtrigona / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Melaleuca subtrigona in the Dongolocking Nature Reserve near Wagin
context_page_description: Melaleuca subtrigona is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with warty leaves and heads of "pom-pom" flowers in spring and early summer.
context_section_description: Melaleuca subtrigona is a shrub which grows to a height of 1 m (3 ft) with branches that are covered with fine hairs. Its leaves are arranged alternately, 2.5–10.5 mm (0.1–0.4 in) long and 0.7–1.2 mm (0.03–0.05 in) wide. They are covered with fine, silky hairs, are linear to narrow oval shaped, oval in cross section and have distinct, slightly raised oil glands.
  The flowers are a shade of pink to purple and are arranged in heads on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. The heads contain 2 to 6 groups of flowers in threes and are up to 16 mm (0.6 in) in diameter. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flowers and each bundle contains 3 to 7 (but mostly 3) stamens. Flowering occurs between August and January and is followed by fruit which are woody capsules 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long in loose clusters.
caption: M. subtrigona growing in the Dongolocking Nature Reserve near Wagin
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