Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Callistemon shiressii

Flowering stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Denise Grieg, Booderee Botanic Gardens, Jervis Bay Territory

Common name

A bottlebrush

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Forest, rainforest gullies and occasionally along streams, and rocky places. Sydney area north of the Harbour, and the mountains to the west of Sydney.

Notes

Shrub or small tree to 12 m high. Leaves with sharp tips. Bark papery. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 2–4 cm long, 6–8 mm wide, lower surface paler than the upper surface, midrib prominent, margins often curved down. Flower spikes white to pale cream, usually 30–50 mm long, about 20 mm in diameter. Rachis densely hairy when flowering. Individual flowers with 5 petals. Filaments of the stamens 8–10 mm long. Flowers spring.

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