Melaleuca uncinata

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.

Leaves and fruit
Habit 90 km (56 mi) west of Esperance