Melaleuca brachyandra

Prickly bottlebrush
Melaleuca brachyandra growing in Morgan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. brachyandra
Binomial name
Melaleuca brachyandra
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistemon acerosus Miq.
  • Callistemon arborescens F.Muell.
  • Callistemon brachyandrus Lindl.

Melaleuca brachyandra, commonly known as prickly bottlebrush or scarlet bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon brachyandrus.)[2] It is a shrub or small tree with narrow leaves and showy red and green flowers making it an ideal ornamental plant in temperate areas.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca brachyandra". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 August 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 11 June 2015.