Melaleuca montana

Mountain bottlebrush
Melaleuca montana in the Maranoa Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. montana
Binomial name
Melaleuca montana
Synonyms[1]

Callistemon montanus C.T.White ex S.T.Blake

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.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca montana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)". Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. doi:10.5962/p.292240. S2CID 251007557. Retrieved 4 September 2021.