Common name:
Bottlebrush

Family name:
Myrtaceae

Botanical name:
Callistemon spp.

Flowering/fruiting season:
Flowers spring and summer

Location:
Tableland - sub-alpine
Common (Flood, 1980:96)

Use:

• Food
• Flowers were sucked for nectar (Flood, 1980:96)

Notes:
3 species occur in ACT:

• C. sieberi Swamp Bottlebrush - (top) 'Common on banks of creeks and rivers at lower elevations, especially in stony habitats, e.g. Molonglo Gorge…'
• C. pallidus Lemon Bottlebrush, Australflora Candle Glow - (right) 'Dominant species in heath on exposed mountain slopes at high altitudes' (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:268)
• Small shrub with silver grey foliage and creamy yellow flower spikes up to 10cm. (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:282)

Language names:

Horticulture :
Hardy and frost resistant (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:275)

Similar species:

Use code:
NEC