Myrtaceae
Prickly-leaf teatree
Melaleuca styphelioides
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Melaleuca
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 刺叶白千层, 尖叶白千层
- English
- Prickly-leaf teatree
- Persian
- پاپربارک خاردار بزرگ
- Russian
- Мелалеука стифелиевая
Synonyms
- Leptospermum styphelioides (Sm.) S.Schauer
- Melaleuca obliqua Büse ex de Vriese
- Myrtoleucodendron stypheliodes (Sm.) Kuntze
Photos

Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.