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PRICKLY BOTTLEBRUSH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Prickly Bottlebrush
Other Names
Scarlet Bottlebrush
Description
Prickly Bottlebrush is a stiff shrub or small tree growing about 4 m tall. The leaves are linear with a pointed tip, growing about 2 cm to 4 cm long and 1 mm wide. Flowers are produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 3 cm to 5 cm long. The flowers are crimson red with yellow anthers. Flowering is in spring and summer from September to January. The fruit are woody capsules about 0.5 cm long. The plant is also known as Melaleuca brachyandra.
Habitat
sandy soils in sub arid regions
Distribution
Prickly Bottlebrush is found in inland New South Wales, north-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 3
Spread (m): 1 - 3.5
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 450
Flower Colour: red
Flower Season: summer, autumn
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Propagation
seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts birds
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Callistemon | | Species: | brachyandrus | | Common Name: | Prickly Bottlebrush |
Relatives in same Genus
Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand'
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'
Callistemon citrinus
Callistemon glaucus
Callistemon linearis
Callistemon montanus
Callistemon pachyphyllus
Callistemon pallidus
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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