Melaleuca halmaturorum

Shrub or small tree to 7 m high, glabrous except for young growth and occasional scattered hairs; bark pale, papery. Leaves decussate, linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3–7 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, obtuse, distinctly gland-dotted at least below, veins obscure; petiole c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence a short terminal head, consisting of clusters 8–13 mm wide, each of 2–5 flowers on a short bracteate stalk, each flower with bracts and, generally, bracteoles; axis glabrous, growing on into a leafy shoot; sepals narrowly triangular, pointed, semi-persistent; stamens 5–12 per bundle, white, claw 1.5–2 mm long, free part of filaments 3–5 mm long. Capsules cup-shaped, 3–4 mm long and wide in short spikes and leafy lateral clusters. Flowers spring.