Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Callistemon pinifolius

Flower spike. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra

Flower spike and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Denise Grieg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra

Common name

Pine-leaved bottlebrush

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Damp places in woodland. Sydney area. Occasionally mountains west of Sydney.

Notes

Sprawling shrub to about 1 m high. Leaves with sharp points. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 4–8 cm long, 0.5–1.5 mm in diameter, dark green, cylindrical or channelled, lower surface rough. Flower spikes 50–70 mm long, 40–50 mm in diameter. Flowers yellowish green to green, occasionally red, with 5 petals. Stamens 6-11 mm long. Flowers spring and early summer.

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