Callistemon citrinus (Curt.) Skeels
| Family: | MYRTACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Australian Bottle Brush | ||||
| Synonym: | Callistemon lanceolatus (Smith)Sweet | ||||
| Common Name: | Bottle brush | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Native in East Australia; widely cultivated | ||||
| Habitat: | Cultivated as ornamental plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental, hedge plant, firewood | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Callistemon citrinusare trees, bark dark brown, vertically striated. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate, crowded towards the tip of branchlets, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, red, in spikes; calyx adnate to ovary; petals 5, greenish, concave; stamens many, connate at base, up to 2 cm long; filaments red; anthers very small, versatile; ovary inferior, 3-celled, ovules many, placentation axile; style terminal, red, upto 2 cm long; stigma simple. Fruiting calyx not much enlarged the truncate orifice usually open. | ||||