purple, gold-tipped flowers and spiky leaves of this Western Australian melaleuca endemic to Lesueur Naional Park.

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Lesueur National Park is a recognized biodiversity hotspot on the "kwongan" coastal heath just inland from Western Australia's Turquoise Coast are over 900 species in this small park, many of them endemic. The park is named after Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, a natural history artist aboard the French research ship the Naturaliste on Jacques Hamelin’s 1801 expedition.

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Location: Lesueur National Park, Turquoise Coast, Western Australia, Australia
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