Mountain bottlebrush | |
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Melaleuca montana in the Maranoa Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Melaleuca |
Species: | M. montana
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Binomial name | |
Melaleuca montana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Melaleuca montana, commonly known as mountain bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Border Ranges area of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon montanus).[2] It is a shrub or small tree distinguished from most other red bottlebrushes by its hairy petals.