Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Callistemon linearis

Flower spike and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Cudmirrah Nature Reserve, north of Milton

Flower spike, nuts, and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Tree. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Adelaide, SA

Common name

Narrow-leaved bottlebrush, Stiff bottlebrush

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Forest and heath, in damp places. Coast, ranges, and tablelands north of Lake Conjola (south of Jervis Bay).

Notes

Shrub or tree to 3 m tall. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 4-10 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, channelled or sometimes flat, margins thickened, lower surface rough. Flower spikes 50-100 mm long, 40-60 mm in diameter, red. Individual flowers with 5 petals. Stamen filaments about 20–25 mm long. Flowers Spring to Summer.

Was Callistemon rigidus. Callistemon rigidus is still listed as a separate species in PlantNET.

PlantNET description (Callistemon linearis):   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Callistemon~linearis (accessed 18 April 2021)

PlantNET description (Callistemon rigidus):  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Callistemon~rigidus (accessed 18 April 2021)