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Callistemon citrinus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; O Grove, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Callistemon citrinus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Callistemon citrinus - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; O Grove, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Callistemon citrinus - Top and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Top and lower side of leaf; O Grove, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Callistemon citrinus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; O Grove, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 120
Date of entry: 10.10.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Crimson Bottlebrush, Red Bottlebrush

German: Flaschenputzerbaum, Zylinderputzer

Portuguese: Limpa Garrafas

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Myrtaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Callistemon (1)

            Epithet: citrinus (Curtis) Stapf (1)

citrinus => lemon, referring to the scent of the leaves

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: red

External links

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