Callistemon glaucus

Callistemon glaucus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	C. glaucus
Binomial name
Callistemon glaucus (Bonpl.) Sweet[1]
Synonyms
Metrosideros glaucus Bonpl. Melaleuca paludosa R.Br.

Callistemon glaucus is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. The species is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows up to between 1 and 3 metres in height and has a slender, erect habit. Red flower spikes are produced between September and December in the species native range. It occurs on sandy or clay soils on swampy flats between Perth and Albany.^[1]

The species was first formally described in 1816 by French botanist Aimé Bonpland in Description des Plantes Rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre as Metrosideros glaucum, which was later revised to Metrosideros glaucus. Robert Sweet transferred the species to the genus Callistemon in 1830 in Sweet's Hortus Britannicus. ^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon glaucus". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5394. 
2. ^ "Callistemon glaucus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Callistemon+glaucus. Retrieved 2009-11-04.