Melaleuca virens

Lime bottlebrush
Melaleuca virens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. virens
Binomial name
Melaleuca virens
Synonyms[1]
  • Metrosideros viridiflora Sieber ex Sims
  • Callistemon viridiflorus (Sieber ex Sims) Sweet
  • Callistemon viridiflorus var. violaceus Kunze
  • Callistemon salignus var. viridiflorus (Sieber ex Sims) F.Muell.
  • Callistemon salignus f. viridiflorus (Sieber ex Sims) Siebert & Voss

Melaleuca virens, commonly known as lime bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Tasmania in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon viridiflorus.)[2] It is one of only two melaleucas endemic to Tasmania, the other being Melaleuca pustulata although another six also occur there. A small to medium shrub growing mostly in subalpine areas, it has hard, leathery, sharply pointed leaves and spikes of yellow or greenish flowers in early summer,

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca virens". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 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 21 July 2015.