Xanthostemon chrysanthus

Xanthostemon chrysanthus

  • Xanthostemon chrysanthus
  • Xanthostemon chrysanthus
  • Flower name
    Xanthostemon chrysanthus
  • Scientific name
    Xanthostemon chrysanthus
  • AliasXanthostemon chrysanthus
  • Place of origin Queensland, Australia
  • Place of floweringSeashore, Overseas
  • Flowering season

What is Xanthostemon chrysanthus

Xanthostemon chrysanthus (scientific name: Xanthostemon chrysanthus) is native to Queensland, Australia, and is a tall evergreen tree in the family X Myrtaceae
The tree is 10 to 15 meters tall and 5 to 8 meters wide. The leaves are green, shiny, and oval to oblong. The leaf blade is 7 to 22 cm long and 2 to 9.5 cm wide.
From summer to autumn, the inflorescence grows from the tips of branches or leaf axils and produces a large inflorescence of dozens of small flowers (sepals) that are about 15 cm in diameter and the size of a softball. The flowers look like sepals, but they are yellow. It bears fruit from August to February.

Common name: Xanthostemon chrysanthus, scientific name: Xanthostemon chrysanthus, also known as first love, Height: 10-15 m, width: 5-8 m, leaf color: green, leaf texture: glossy, leaf shape: elliptic to oblong, leaf blade: 7-22 cm, leaf width: 2-9.5 cm, inflorescence shape: raceme, petal: absent, floret diameter (actually sepal): 1-2 cm, inflorescence shape: 15 cm, flower color: yellow, flowering season: summer to fall (peak season Flowering season: summer to autumn (peak season, year-round locally); Fruiting season: August to February; Uses: ornamental plant.


  • Order
    Myrtales
  • Family
    Myrtaceae
  • Genus
    Xanthostemon
  • Species
    X. chrysanthus
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Multi-petaled
  • Leaf type
    oblong
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typetall evergreen tree
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height1200.0 ~ 1500.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower ~ cm

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