Melaleuca hemisticta

Mount Wheeler bottlebrush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. hemisticta
Binomial name
Melaleuca hemisticta
Synonyms[1]

Callistemon hemistictus (S.T.Blake ex Craven) Udovicic & R.D.Spencer

Melaleuca hemisticta, commonly known as Mount Wheeler bottlebrush,[2] is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Queensland. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon hemistictus.)[3] It is a tall, bushy shrub with dark green leaves and red flowers spikes tipped with yellow.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca hemisticta". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Species profile—Callistemon sp. (Mt Wheeler)". Queensland Government, Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)". Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. doi:10.5962/p.292240. S2CID 251007557. Retrieved 10 November 2023.