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Callistemon pityoides
About
Melaleuca pityoides, commonly known as alpine bottlebrush, is a plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the higher areas of south eastern Australia. Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon pityoides. It is a shrub, often occurring in dense thickets, with hard bark, silvery-grey new growth, almost cylindrical leaves and spikes of flowers that are usually a shade of yellow.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Callistemon pityoides
- Slug
- callistemon-pityoides
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Callistemon
- Species
- pityoides
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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