| Gold-tipped bottlebrush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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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.
- ^ a b "Melaleuca polandii". 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 15 June 2015.