This native shrub is commonly known as white cliff bottlebrush.
Melaleuca formosa is described as a "dicot" in the Myrtaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Near Threatened. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Recorded just outside the Fraser Coast region at Mt Walsh. Elsewhere distribution is form Tenterfield in the south to near Gladstone and west to the Carnarvon National Park. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/153488343
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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