Callistemon speciosus

Flower name
Callistemon speciosus
Scientific name
Callistemon speciosus
Aliasカリステモン, ブラシの木, Callistemon, キンポウジュ, マキバブラシノキ, Bottle brush, 錦宝樹, Callistemon speciosus
Place of originAustralia
Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens, Park
Flowering seasonMarch, April, May, June, July

What is Callistemon speciosus

The "Flowers of Australia" is one of the original treasure troves of floral species. Many flowers you know have come over from this country. This brushwood (Callistemon, scientific name: Callistemon speciosus) is also an Australian-born flower.

Callistemon speciosus or Callistemon bottlebrush ( scientific name: Callistemon speciosus ) is a hardy evergreen small trees of the family myrtaceae native to Australia. Leaves are firm quality of leather and are grow each other to a branchares. The shape of the leaves are tin linear shape , cover needle form, or boat-shape with green. There is not the petal, and there are a lot of stamen and pistils. A lot of filaments gathered in looking like a flower. One filament diameter is several millimeters. An inflorescence diameter is 10-20 cm. The color of the filament is cerise or white and a lot of filaments gather to the inflorescence and become into a brush forms. Yellow anthers of the stamen tip glitter such as gold. Fruit becomes after a flower, but there is the property that fruit is broken, and a seed is scattered if a tree dies of a forest fire without being available to a tree until caught in a forest fire, and starting a seed.

Common name: Callistemon speciosus, scientific name: Callistemon speciosus, aka: Callistemon bottlebrush, callistemon ,brush wood, Cedar leaf brush trees, Bottle brush, origin: Australia, height: 200-500 cm, length: 7-10 cm, leaf length:0.5 cm, Inflorescences form: spikes, petal color: green, flowers (filament) colors: red, white, flowers high: 15 cm, inflorescence size: 10-20 cm, flowering period: March-July, fruit: capsule and ripens fruit.