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LEMON BOTTLEBRUSH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Lemon Bottlebrush
Description
Lemon Bottlebrush is a shrub or tree growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are flat, narrow elliptical, growing 3 cm to 7 cm long and about 1 cm to 1.5 cm wide. The flowers are yellow or cream and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 3 cm to 7 cm long and about 3.5 cm in diameter. Flowering is in spring and summer from October to February. The fruit are woody capsules about 4 mm to 6 mm long. The plant is also known as Melaleuca pallida.
Habitat
Wet areas near streams, rocky slopes.
Distribution
Lemon Bottlebrush is found in south east Queensland, eastern New South Wales, eastern Victoria and Tasmania.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 5
Spread (m): 2 - 4
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 550
Flower Colour: yellow
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Propagation
seed, cuttings
Wildlife Interest
attracts birds, source of nectar
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Callistemon | | Species: | pallidus | | Common Name: | Lemon Bottlebrush |
Relatives in same Genus
Callistemon brachyandrus
Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand'
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'
Callistemon citrinus
Callistemon glaucus
Callistemon linearis
Callistemon montanus
Callistemon pachyphyllus
Callistemon pearsonii
Callistemon phoeniceus
Callistemon pinifolius
Callistemon pityoides
Callistemon polandii
Callistemon rugulosus
Callistemon salignus
Callistemon teretifolius
Callistemon viminalis 'Hannah Ray'
Callistemon viminalis 'Wildfire'
Callistemon viminalis
Callistemon 'Eureka'
Callistemon 'Harkness'
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