Gold-tipped bottlebrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Melaleuca |
Species: | M. polandii
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Binomial name | |
Melaleuca polandii | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Callistemon polandii F.M.Bailey |
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.)[2] It is a dense shrub with bronze-coloured, hairy new growth and spikes of red flowers tipped with yellow.