Myrtaceae
Metrosideros diffusa
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Metrosideros
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Common names
By language (1)
- Māori
- Akatea
Synonyms
- Melaleuca diffusa G.Forst.
- Melaleuca florida G.Forst.
- Melaleuca lucida L.f.
- Metrosideros homeana Turcz.
- Metrosideros hypericifolia A.Cunn.
- Metrosideros myrtifolia Sol. ex Gaertn.
- Metrosideros subsimilis Colenso
- Nani diffusa Kuntze
- Nani hypericifolia Kuntze
- Nania diffusa (G.Forst.) Kuntze
- Nania hypericifolia (A.Cunn.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- December to January (from 190 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Danielle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Its-mrb, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dannali, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Joel Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oscar Dove, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Johan Depandelaere, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tyler McBeth, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Brooklyn Boyed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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). About our plant data.