Melaleuca huegelii, or Chenille Honey-myrtle, is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. Its pink, white or purple flowers appear between early spring and mid summer (September to January in Australia).

It usually ranges between 0.5 and 5 metres in height and occurs in coastal areas on limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 cliffs, dunes and plains.

Melaleuca huegelii was named for the collector of the type specimen, Carl von Huegel, who found the species growing at Fremantle

Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...

 in 1833. The formal description of the species was published by Stephan Endlicher in his Enumeratio plantarum in 1837.