Prickly Tea Tree
Melaleuca styphelioides

Location: 36501 Niles Blvd.
Park: California Nursery Historical Park
District: Niles
Native to: Australia
Tree type: flowering
Leaf retention: evergreen

Comments: Evergreen, native of Australia. Pendulous branches. Small light green prickly leaves which don't have petioles. Creamy white flowers summer through fall. This is a fine, rare, large specimen.

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