| Scarlet bottlebrush | |
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| Melaleuca phoenicea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Melaleuca |
| Species: | M. phoenicea
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaleuca phoenicea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Callistemon phoeniceus Lindl. | |
Melaleuca phoenicea, commonly known as scarlet bottlebrush or lesser bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon phoeniceus.)[2] The Noongar peoples know the plant as tubada.[3] It is a shrub with thick, blue-green leaves and spikes of scarlet bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer.
- ^ a b "Melaleuca phoenicea". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. doi:10.5962/p.292240. S2CID 251007557. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.