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  • COMMON NAME: Crimson Bottlebrush
  • ARABIC: فرشة الزجاج
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Callistemon citrinus Stapf.
  • SYNONYMS: Melaleuca citrina
  • FAMILY: MYRTACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:591369-1 https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=282871#:~:text=Callistemon%20citrinus%2C%20commonly%20called%20scarlet%20bottlebrush%2C%20lemon%20bottlebrush,be%20trained%20as%20a%20tree%20to%2025%E2%80%99%20tall.
Moderately salt tolerant, very common ornamental plant.
Evergreen, woody shrub or small tree, 2-4 meters high, bears pendulous magnificent long-stamened, mostly red flowers in dense cylindrical spikes. Tips of flower spike continue to grow as leafy shoots, leaving long-lasting, woody seed capsules that become half embedded in the thickening branch. Leaves linear, oblong, pointed, entire, arranged alternately, glossy, 2-5cm long. Calyx-tube adherent to ovary, cleft in small lobes. Stamens numerous, free, showy, red. Flowering in the spring.
Cultivated, grows well in coastal tough conditions where soil is saline, poor and dry.
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