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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Pine-leaved Bottlebrush
Description
Pine-leaved Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to about 3 m tall. The leaves are narrow and linear with sharp points, growing 4 cm to 10 cm long and about 1 mm wide. The flowers are yellowish green or red and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 5 cm to 7 cm long and 4 cm to 5 cm in diameter. Flowering is in spring and early summer. The fruit are woody capsules about 6 mm long. The plant is also known as a variety of Melaleuca linearis.
Habitat
woodland in damp places
Distribution
Pine-leaved Bottlebrush is found in central eastern New South Wales.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 0.5 - 4
Spread (m): 2 - 4
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: green, red
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Propagation
seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts birds, source of nectar
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Callistemon | | Species: | pinifolius | | Common Name: | Pine-leaved Bottlebrush |
Relatives in same Genus
Callistemon brachyandrus
Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand'
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'
Callistemon citrinus
Callistemon glaucus
Callistemon linearis
Callistemon montanus
Callistemon pachyphyllus
Callistemon pallidus
Callistemon pearsonii
Callistemon phoeniceus
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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