''Melaleuca condylosa'' is a plant in the myrtle family,

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and is endemic to the

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of Western Australia. It is similar to '' Melaleuca brophyi'' except that its fruiting clusters are often knobbly and the flower heads and leaves are slightly larger.

Description

''Melaleuca condylosa'' is a shrub growing to a height of about with papery bark. Its leaves are alternately arranged, long and wide, more or less linear in shape, almost circular in cross-section and have a pointed, although not sharp end. The flowers are in heads at the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. Each head is composed of 6 to 11 groups of flowers with three flowers in each group. The petals are long and fall off as the flower opens. There are five bundles of stamens around the flower, each with 5 to 7 pale yellow stamens giving the flower its colour. Flowering occurs mainly in October and November and is followed by almost spherical, knobbly clusters of woody capsules, each long.

Taxonomy and naming

''Melaleuca condylosa'' was first formally described in 1999 by Lyndley Craven from a specimen found " east along

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Reserve Road from the Bendering wheat bin". The

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(''condylosa'') is from the Greek ''kondylos'' meaning "knob" or "prominence", referring to the knobbly fruit.

Distribution and habitat

This melaleuca occurs in the Narembeen, Kondinin and Hyden districts in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee

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. It grows in melaleuca- mallee shrubland in sandy loam on undulating sandplains and slopes.

Conservation status

''Melaleuca condylosa'' is listed as "not threatened" by the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15372070 condylosa Plants described in 1999 Endemic flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Lyndley Craven