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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes
Weeping bottlebrush

Melaleuca viminalis
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Myrtaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Native to Australia.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.

Synonyms: Callistemon viminalis.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized. An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Melaleuca viminalis available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Melaleuca viminalis has been reported from the following 3 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Cultivated Only




Melaleuca viminalis has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland


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Melaleuca viminalis
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Melaleuca viminalis
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Melaleuca viminalis
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Melaleuca viminalis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton