Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Callistemon citrinus
Common name
Crimson bottlebrush
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Shrubland, swamps, and along rocky streams. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands. Planted/garden escape in the ACT.
Notes
Shrub usually to 3 m tall. Bark generally hard. Leaf tips usually sharp. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 3-7 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, venation obvious on both surfaces, glands sometimes conspicuous. Flower spikes 60-100 mm long, 40-70 mm in diameter, with 40-50 flowers, red, sometimes mauve or purplish. Individual flowers with 5 petals. Filaments of the stamens usually bright red, sometimes purplish red or lilac, 15–25 mm long. Flowers Spring to Summer.
Melaleuca citrina in the ACT.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Callistemon~citrinus (accessed 6 January, 2021)
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