Melaleuca polandii

Gold-tipped bottlebrush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. polandii
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.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca polandii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. doi:10.5962/p.292240. S2CID 251007557. Retrieved 15 June 2015.