Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A stiff, spreading shrub up to 2m high.
Flowers: Pale red bottlebrush flowers 5-10cm long and about 5cm diameter comprised of masses of free stamens.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: Globular woody capsule 7mm diameter with a small opening. Capsule crowded into cylindrical clusters around woody stems.
Leaves: Stiff, rough, sharply pointed, very narrow linear leaf 4-10cm long and 1-3mm wide, with a conspicuous channel on the upper surface, raised oil dots and thickened margins.
Habitat: Wet sandy heathland and dry sclerophyll forest along creeks.
Features: Very narrow leaf with thickened margins. Aromatic leaves. Pale red flower spikes.
Name:
Callistemon From Greek kallistos = very-beautiful.
linearis From Latin linea = straight (referring to its linear leaves).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical |
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Colour(s) |
Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown, Grey |
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Other Features |
Woody |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands, |
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Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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