Melaleuca thymifolia Sm.

Flowers arranged in few-flowered spikes up to 2 cm long. Capsule 3–4 mm diam. with spreading calyx teeth. Stamens 10–15 mm long, purplish. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, 5–12 mm long, 1–3 mm wide; midrib not prominent. Shrub up to 2 m high with corky bark and often with a lignotuber. Widespread. Open forest and heath. Damp places and margins of swamps. Fl. summer