Melaleuca rugulosa

Scarlet bottlebrush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. rugulosa
Binomial name
Melaleuca rugulosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistemon coccineus F.Muell.
  • Callistemon coccineus var. laevifolius F.Muell.
  • Callistemon laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Cheel
  • Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court
  • Callistemon macropunctatus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler
  • Callistemon rugulosus Miq.
  • Callistemon rugulosus (Link) DC.
  • Callistemon rugulosus var. laevifolius F.Muell. ex Miq.
  • Callistemon rugulosus var. scaber (G.Lodd.) Heynh.
  • Callistemon scaber G.Lodd.
  • Metrosideros macropunctata Dum.Cours.
  • Metrosideros rugulosa Link
  • Metrosideros scabra Colla

Melaleuca rugulosa, commonly known as scarlet bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to South Australia and Victoria in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon rugulosus.[2] Callistemon coccineus and Callistemon macropunctatus are older names for Callistemon rugulosus.[3][4]) It is a shrub with an open straggly habit, stiff, sharply pointed leaves and bright red bottlebrush flowers tipped with yellow in summer.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca rugulosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 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 16 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Callistemon 'Harkness'". Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Plant Name Changes". Australian Native Plants Society Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2015.