The Melaleuca calycina, which is a shrub in the myrtle family, has white or cream colored flowers and the base of each flower has brown bracts.
Melaleuca calycina is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The flowers are white or cream-coloured and occur singly or in small groups, sometimes at the ends of branches and sometimes in the leaf axils. At the base of each flower there are brown, papery, overlapping bracts. 
