Gray Honey-myrtle

Melaleuca incana, commonly known as grey honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia and is naturalised in the south of Victoria in Australia. It is commonly grown as a garden plant and produces large numbers of white or creamy yellow flowers, sometimes highly scented, in spring.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Gray Honey-myrtle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Melaleuca cuticularis
• Melaleuca lanceolata
• Melaleuca ericifolia
• Kunzea glabrescens
• Melaleuca preissiana
• Melaleuca systena

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Melaleuca

Species

Melaleuca incana

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