Callistemon linearis
(Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) SweetStiff shrub 0.6–5 m high; bark hard, fibrous. Leaves linear, linear-elliptic or linear-obovate, 3.3–13 cm long, 1–7 mm wide, channelled or flat, acute, margins thickened, marginal veins obscure, oil glands distinct. Flower spikes 5–10 cm long, 4–6 cm wide; axis hairy or glabrescent; hypantium 3.4–4.9 mm long, hairy or glabrescent; stamens 15–30 mm long, filaments bright to pale red, anthers reddish or yellow. Capsules 3.8–8.2 mm long, 7–10 mm wide. Flowers Oct.–Jan.
VVP, GipP, OtP, Gold, GGr, EGL, HSF. Native to eastern New South Wales and south-east Queensland.
Cultivated as an ornamental, recorded outside of cultivation in Victoria at Mount Martha and Golton Gorge in the Grampians.
Only the wide-leaved form of this species has been recorded in Victoria. Wide-leaved plants were previously included in Callistemon rigidus. This species was previously distinguished by leaves being more than 3 mm wide (C. linearis having leaves less than 3 mm wide).
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