Melaleuca linearifolia

Netted bottlebrush
Melaleuca linearifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. linearifolia
Binomial name
Melaleuca linearifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Metrosideros linearifolia Link
  • Callistemon linearifolius (Link) DC.

Melaleuca linearifolia, commonly known as netted bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon linearifolius).[2] It is a shrub with narrow, pointed leaves and red flower spikes in spring or summer.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca linearifolia". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. Retrieved 11 June 2015.