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Key to Melaleuca

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1 Leaves opposite
1 Leaves alternate.
  2 Filaments white, greenish, or yellowish; flowers attached to the inflorescence in triads
  2 Filaments red or crimson; flowers attached to the inflorescence axis singly or occasionally doubly (monads and dyads).
    3 Stamens free (the filaments not connate); seeds retained in fruit; leaves usually sclerophyllous
    3 Stamens fused (the filaments connate proximally); seeds shed annually from fruit; leaves