5602.000 Callistemon R.Br.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves linear or lanceolate. Flowers in conspicuous heads or spikes near ends of branches; each flower sessile in axil of a deciduous bract, the inflorescence resembling a bottle-brush. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens numerous in several series, free or rarely shortly united at base, much longer than the petals. Ovary 3-4-locular with many ovules per loculus. Fruit a capsule.

Derivation of name: from Greek: kalli-, meaning beautiful and stemon, a stamen.

Worldwide: 30 species in Australia.

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
rigidus R. Br.
viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G. Don	Description, Image

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