Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: An spreading shrub usually up to 1m high.
Flowers: Apple green or yellow-green bottlebrush flowers, 5-7cm long, comprised of masses of free stamens.
Flowering: September-November.
Fruit: Woody capsule 6-7mm diameter crowded into cylindrical clusters around woody stems.
Leaves: Stiff rough, pointed dark green needle-like leaves, 4-8cm long and 0.5-1.5mm wide with revolute margins. They are aromatic when crushed.
Habitat: Damp heathland and dry sclerophyll forest on sandy soils.
Features: Yellow-green flower spike. Needle-like aromatic dark green leaves.
Name:
Callistemon From Greek kallistos = very-beautiful.
pinifolius From Latin pinus = pine-or fir tree and folius = leaf (referring to its leaves being similar to pine needles).
Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical |
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Colour(s) |
Green, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11 |
Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown, Grey |
|
Other Features |
Woody |
Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
|
Type |
Simple |
|
Shape |
Needle-like |
|
Length |
Medium |
|
Margins |
Entire |
|
Attachment |
Unstalked |
|
Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands, |
|
|
Aromatic |
Bark |
- |
|
Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |