Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Callistemon pityoides
Common name
Alpine bottlebrush
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Wet heath, along streams, and in and near swamps, mostly at higher altitudes. Blue Mountains.Widespread south of the Hume Highway but not on the Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m tall, new growth silvery-grey. Leaves often with sharp tips. Bark hard. Stems hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 1-3.2 cm long, 0.75-2 mm wide, often thick and almost cylindrical, oil glands mostly on the lower surface. Flower spikes 20-70 mm long, 15–22 mm in diameter, creamy white to yellow, sometimes tinged with green or pink. Individual flowers with 5 petals. Flowers mostly Spring to Summer, and sporadically throughout the year.
Melaleuca pityoides in the ACT.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Callistemon~pityoides (accessed 18 April 2021)
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