Melaleuca squamea Labill.

Flower spikes (or heads) 1–2 cm long. Leaves lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm wide, 5-12 mm long, apex acute, ± incurved, 3–5-veined; petiole to 1.5 mm long. Stamens pinkish-purple. Capsules with ± undulate orifices, 5–7 mm diam., arranged in short clusters. Shrub 1–2 m high, with corky bark. Woronora Plateau. Wet places. Ss. Fl. spring