Swamp Paperbark

Melaleuca rhaphiophylla, commonly known as swamp paperbark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It has narrow, needle-like leaves and profuse spikes of white or yellowish flowers at variable times throughout the year. As its common name suggests, it is usually found in salt marshes, or swamps or along watercourses and occurs over wide areas of the south-west.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Swamp Paperbark 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 preissiana
• Melaleuca decora
• Melaleuca trichostachya
• Melaleuca alternifolia
• Melaleuca linariifolia
• Melaleuca armillaris

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Melaleuca

Species

Melaleuca rhaphiophylla

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