Melaleuca uncinata, commonly known as broombush, broom honeymyrtle or brushwood, is a plant in the paperbark family native to southern Australia.
Flowers appear from August to December and the fruit which follow are closely packed together forming a group with a diameter of 7–13 mm (0.3–0.5 in).
[7] The specific epithet (uncinatus) is a Latin word meaning "bearing hooks" or "barbed"[8] "in reference to the shape of the leaf apex".
[5] Melaleuca uncinata is the only known host of the critically endangered Rhizanthella gardneri, the "underground orchid".
[9][10] Ornamental brushwood fencing comprising the grey stems, twigs and dry foliage of Melaleuca uncinata has been in use in Australia for more than 80 years.