diff --git a/src/components/nodes/McChannelNameWithType.tsx b/src/components/nodes/McChannelNameWithType.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26a5d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/nodes/McChannelNameWithType.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { McChannelRowDisplay } from '@/lib/mc-channel-editor';
+
+type McChannelNameWithTypeProps = McChannelRowDisplay;
+
+/** Channel name with muted PUBLIC / HASHTAG suffix (MeshCore channel editor lists). */
+export function McChannelNameWithType({ label, typeLabel }: McChannelNameWithTypeProps) {
+  return (
+    <span className="flex min-w-0 items-baseline gap-1.5">
+      <span className="truncate font-medium">{label}</span>
+      {typeLabel ? <span className="shrink-0 text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">{typeLabel}</span> : null}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/nodes/MeshCoreChannelEditor.tsx b/src/components/nodes/MeshCoreChannelEditor.tsx
index 3aaa77d..23a005c 100644
--- a/src/components/nodes/MeshCoreChannelEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/nodes/MeshCoreChannelEditor.tsx
@@ -14,16 +14,18 @@ import {
 import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from '@/components/ui/select';
 import { useConstellationChannels } from '@/hooks/api/useConstellations';
 import { useMeshtasticApi } from '@/hooks/api/useApi';
-import { filterChannelsForProtocol, formatMessageChannelLabel } from '@/lib/message-channels';
+import { filterChannelsForProtocol } from '@/lib/message-channels';
 import {
   assignedFromFeeder,
+  assignedMcChannelRowDisplay,
   assignedOrderKey,
   assignedToApplyEntries,
-  formatAssignedMcChannelLabel,
+  messageChannelRowDisplay,
   newDraftChannel,
   reorderAssigned,
   type AssignedMcChannel,
 } from '@/lib/mc-channel-editor';
+import { McChannelNameWithType } from '@/components/nodes/McChannelNameWithType';
 import type { OwnedManagedNode } from '@/lib/models';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ export function MeshCoreChannelEditor({ node, open, onOpenChange }: MeshCoreChan
                           className="flex w-full items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-md border border-transparent px-3 py-2.5 text-left text-sm hover:bg-muted/80 active:bg-muted"
                           onClick={() => assignFromCatalog(ch.id)}
                         >
-                          <span className="font-medium truncate">{formatMessageChannelLabel(ch)}</span>
+                          <McChannelNameWithType {...messageChannelRowDisplay(ch)} />
                           <Plus className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" aria-hidden />
                         </button>
                       </li>
@@ -267,11 +269,9 @@ export function MeshCoreChannelEditor({ node, open, onOpenChange }: MeshCoreChan
                         className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-border bg-card pl-2 pr-1 py-1"
                       >
                         <span className="text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground w-5 shrink-0">{index}</span>
-                        <span className="flex-1 min-w-0 text-sm font-medium truncate py-1.5">
-                          {formatAssignedMcChannelLabel(row, catalog, feederSnapshots)}
-                          {row.draft ? (
-                            <span className="ml-1 text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">(new)</span>
-                          ) : null}
+                        <span className="flex flex-1 min-w-0 flex-wrap items-baseline gap-x-1.5 gap-y-0 text-sm py-1.5">
+                          <McChannelNameWithType {...assignedMcChannelRowDisplay(row, catalog, feederSnapshots)} />
+                          {row.draft ? <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">(new)</span> : null}
                         </span>
                         <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center">
                           <Button
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@ export function MeshCoreChannelEditor({ node, open, onOpenChange }: MeshCoreChan
           </DialogHeader>
           <ul className="text-sm space-y-1 max-h-40 overflow-y-auto rounded-md border border-border p-2 bg-muted/30">
             {assigned.map((row, index) => (
-              <li key={row.clientId} className="truncate">
-                <span className="font-mono text-muted-foreground mr-2">{index}</span>
-                {formatAssignedMcChannelLabel(row, catalog, feederSnapshots)}
+              <li key={row.clientId} className="flex items-baseline gap-2 min-w-0">
+                <span className="font-mono text-muted-foreground shrink-0">{index}</span>
+                <McChannelNameWithType {...assignedMcChannelRowDisplay(row, catalog, feederSnapshots)} />
               </li>
             ))}
           </ul>
diff --git a/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.test.ts b/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.test.ts
index 2641bc6..a4e0670 100644
--- a/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import {
   assignedFromFeeder,
+  assignedMcChannelRowDisplay,
   assignedOrderKey,
   assignedToApplyEntries,
   formatAssignedMcChannelLabel,
   formatMcChannelDraftLabel,
+  messageChannelRowDisplay,
   newDraftChannel,
   reorderAssigned,
 } from './mc-channel-editor';
@@ -55,6 +57,29 @@ describe('mc-channel-editor', () => {
     expect(formatMcChannelDraftLabel(newDraftChannel('PUBLIC', 'Scotland'))).toBe('Scotland');
   });
 
+  it('includes type label in row display for catalog and draft', () => {
+    expect(messageChannelRowDisplay(catalog[1])).toEqual({ label: '#test', typeLabel: 'HASHTAG' });
+    expect(
+      assignedMcChannelRowDisplay({ clientId: 'd', draft: newDraftChannel('PUBLIC', 'Scotland') }, catalog, [])
+    ).toEqual({ label: 'Scotland', typeLabel: 'PUBLIC' });
+  });
+
+  it('formats hashtag labels when catalog mc_channel_type is API integer', () => {
+    const intCatalog: MessageChannel[] = [
+      {
+        id: 11,
+        name: 'test',
+        constellation: 1,
+        protocol: 'meshcore',
+        mc_channel_type: 2,
+        mc_hashtag: 'test',
+      },
+    ];
+    expect(
+      formatAssignedMcChannelLabel({ clientId: 'a', catalogId: 11 }, intCatalog, feederSnapshots)
+    ).toBe('#test');
+  });
+
   it('maps assigned order to apply entries with slot indices', () => {
     const assigned = [
       { clientId: 'd1', draft: newDraftChannel('HASHTAG', 'newtag') },
diff --git a/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.ts b/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.ts
index 10e8a7c..f3ed236 100644
--- a/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mc-channel-editor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import type { McChannelApplyEntry, McChannelSnapshot, MessageChannel, OwnedManagedNode } from '@/lib/models';
-import { formatMessageChannelLabel } from '@/lib/message-channels';
+import {
+  formatMcHashtagLabel,
+  formatMessageChannelLabel,
+  isMcHashtagChannelType,
+  normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel,
+  type McChannelTypeLabel,
+} from '@/lib/message-channels';
 
 export type McChannelDraft = {
   mc_channel_type: 'PUBLIC' | 'HASHTAG';
@@ -18,18 +24,57 @@ export function stripHashtagPrefix(value: string): string {
   return value.replace(/^#+/, '').trim();
 }
 
-export function isHashtagType(type: string | undefined): boolean {
-  return String(type ?? '').toUpperCase() === 'HASHTAG';
+export function isHashtagType(type: string | number | null | undefined): boolean {
+  return isMcHashtagChannelType(type);
 }
 
 export function formatMcChannelDraftLabel(draft: McChannelDraft): string {
   if (isHashtagType(draft.mc_channel_type)) {
     const tag = stripHashtagPrefix(draft.mc_hashtag ?? draft.name);
-    return tag ? `#${tag}` : 'Hashtag channel';
+    return tag ? formatMcHashtagLabel(tag) : 'Hashtag channel';
   }
   return (draft.name || 'Public channel').trim();
 }
 
+export type McChannelRowDisplay = {
+  label: string;
+  typeLabel: McChannelTypeLabel | null;
+};
+
+export function messageChannelRowDisplay(ch: MessageChannel): McChannelRowDisplay {
+  return {
+    label: formatMessageChannelLabel(ch),
+    typeLabel: normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel(ch.mc_channel_type),
+  };
+}
+
+export function assignedMcChannelRowDisplay(
+  assigned: AssignedMcChannel,
+  catalog: MessageChannel[],
+  feederSnapshots: McChannelSnapshot[]
+): McChannelRowDisplay {
+  if (assigned.catalogId != null) {
+    const fromCatalog = catalog.find((c) => c.id === assigned.catalogId);
+    if (fromCatalog) {
+      return messageChannelRowDisplay(fromCatalog);
+    }
+    const fromFeeder = feederSnapshots.find((c) => c.id === assigned.catalogId);
+    if (fromFeeder) {
+      return {
+        label: snapshotToLabel(fromFeeder),
+        typeLabel: normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel(fromFeeder.mc_channel_type),
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  if (assigned.draft) {
+    return {
+      label: formatMcChannelDraftLabel(assigned.draft),
+      typeLabel: assigned.draft.mc_channel_type,
+    };
+  }
+  return { label: 'Channel', typeLabel: null };
+}
+
 export function formatAssignedMcChannelLabel(
   assigned: AssignedMcChannel,
   catalog: MessageChannel[],
@@ -54,7 +99,7 @@ export function formatAssignedMcChannelLabel(
 function snapshotToLabel(ch: McChannelSnapshot): string {
   if (isHashtagType(ch.mc_channel_type)) {
     const tag = stripHashtagPrefix(ch.mc_hashtag ?? ch.name);
-    return tag ? `#${tag}` : ch.name;
+    return tag ? formatMcHashtagLabel(tag) : ch.name;
   }
   return ch.name;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/message-channels.test.ts b/src/lib/message-channels.test.ts
index 6341dd1..1c568ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/message-channels.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/message-channels.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { filterChannelsForProtocol, formatMessageChannelLabel } from './message-channels';
+import {
+  filterChannelsForProtocol,
+  formatMessageChannelLabel,
+  normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel,
+} from './message-channels';
 import type { MessageChannel } from '@/lib/models';
 
 describe('message-channels', () => {
@@ -38,4 +42,22 @@ describe('message-channels', () => {
     };
     expect(formatMessageChannelLabel(ch)).toBe('#galloway');
   });
+
+  it('normalizes mc_channel_type integer to type label', () => {
+    expect(normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel(1)).toBe('PUBLIC');
+    expect(normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel(2)).toBe('HASHTAG');
+    expect(normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel('HASHTAG')).toBe('HASHTAG');
+  });
+
+  it('formats hashtag label when mc_channel_type is API integer (2)', () => {
+    const ch: MessageChannel = {
+      id: 5,
+      name: 'Galloway',
+      constellation: 1,
+      protocol: 'meshcore',
+      mc_channel_type: 2,
+      mc_hashtag: 'galloway',
+    };
+    expect(formatMessageChannelLabel(ch)).toBe('#galloway');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/message-channels.ts b/src/lib/message-channels.ts
index 3c09809..6e5f8d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/message-channels.ts
+++ b/src/lib/message-channels.ts
@@ -35,21 +35,65 @@ export function filterChannelsForProtocol(channels: MessageChannel[], protocol:
   });
 }
 
+export type McChannelTypeLabel = 'PUBLIC' | 'HASHTAG';
+
+/** Normalize meshflow-api mc_channel_type (integer or wire string) to PUBLIC / HASHTAG. */
+export function normalizeMcChannelTypeLabel(
+  mcChannelType: string | number | null | undefined
+): McChannelTypeLabel | null {
+  if (mcChannelType === null || mcChannelType === undefined) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (typeof mcChannelType === 'number') {
+    if (mcChannelType === 2) {
+      return 'HASHTAG';
+    }
+    if (mcChannelType === 1) {
+      return 'PUBLIC';
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+  const t = String(mcChannelType).trim().toUpperCase();
+  if (t === 'HASHTAG' || t === '2') {
+    return 'HASHTAG';
+  }
+  if (t === 'PUBLIC' || t === '1') {
+    return 'PUBLIC';
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/** MeshCoreChannelType.HASHTAG in meshflow-api (integer or wire string). */
+export function isMcHashtagChannelType(mcChannelType: string | number | null | undefined): boolean {
+  if (mcChannelType === null || mcChannelType === undefined) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (typeof mcChannelType === 'number') {
+    return mcChannelType === 2;
+  }
+  const t = String(mcChannelType).trim().toUpperCase();
+  return t === 'HASHTAG' || t === '2';
+}
+
+export function formatMcHashtagLabel(tag: string): string {
+  const normalized = tag.replace(/^#+/, '').trim();
+  return normalized ? `#${normalized}` : '#';
+}
+
 function isHashtagChannel(ch: MessageChannel): boolean {
-  const t = String(ch.mc_channel_type ?? '').toUpperCase();
-  return t === 'HASHTAG';
+  return isMcHashtagChannelType(ch.mc_channel_type);
 }
 
 /** Operator-facing label for Messages / pickers (no device index). */
 export function formatMessageChannelLabel(ch: MessageChannel): string {
-  if (ch.display_label?.trim()) {
-    return ch.display_label.trim();
-  }
   if (isHashtagChannel(ch)) {
     const tag = (ch.mc_hashtag ?? ch.name ?? '').replace(/^#+/, '').trim();
     if (tag) {
-      return `#${tag}`;
+      return formatMcHashtagLabel(tag);
     }
   }
+  if (ch.display_label?.trim()) {
+    return ch.display_label.trim();
+  }
   return ch.name;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/models.ts b/src/lib/models.ts
index 7d18063..f6e94bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/models.ts
+++ b/src/lib/models.ts
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ export interface MessageChannel {
   protocol?: MeshProtocol | 'meshtastic' | 'meshcore' | string;
   /** Operator-facing label from API (#hashtag or public name). */
   display_label?: string | null;
-  mc_channel_type?: string | null;
+  mc_channel_type?: string | number | null;
   mc_hashtag?: string | null;
 }