Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Callistemon sieberi

Flowering branch. Photographer Don Wood, South East Forests National Park SE of Bombala

Flower spikes, nuts, and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Scottsdale Bush Heritage Reserve near Bredbo

Shrub. Photographer Arthur Chapman, Pentland Hills, Vic

Common name

River bottlebrush, Swamp bottlebrush

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Woodland, along streams and wet gullies, especially in stony habitats. Widespread.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m tall or small tree. Leaves with a mucro. Bark hard, fissured on old plants. Young stems hairy, becoming hairless. New leaves pinkish. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 1.2-5 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, midrib and marginal veins prominent, lateral veins obscure. Flower spikes 30-50 mm long, 20–40 mm in diameter, cream to yellow, sometimes pinkish. Individual flowers with 5 petals. Flowers Spring to Summer.

Melaleuca paludicola 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~sieberi (accessed 18 April 2021)