ON THIS PLANT
Melaleuca polandii, commonly known as gold-tipped bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic a small area in far northern Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon polandii.) It is a dense shrub with bronze-coloured, hairy new growth and spikes of red flowers tipped with yellow.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Callistemon
- Family
- Myrtaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Bottle brush en Gold-tipped bottlebrush
