Callistemon pallidus

Lemon Bottlebrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	C. pallidus
Binomial name
Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC.[1]
Synonyms
Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven

Callistemon pallidus, also known as Lemon Bottlebrush, is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia.

Lemon Bottlebrush grows up to 5 metres in height and has leaves which are 3 to 7 cm long and 9 to 15 mm in width. The cream to yellow flower spikes, which are 3 to 7 cm in length and about 3.5 cm in diameter, occur between spring and summer.

The species was first formally described in 1816 by French botanist Aimé Bonpland Description des Plantes Rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre as Metrosidersos pallida. In 1828, Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle transferred the species into the genus Callistemon.^[1] In his 2006 paper, New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae), Lyndley Craven, a research botanist from the Australian National Herbarium, proposed that this species should be renamed as Melaleuca pallida.^[1]

Cultivation

Cultivars include:

• C.pallidus ‘Candle Glow’^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Callistemon pallidus". 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+pallidus. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
2. ^ "List of Registered Cultivars derived from Australian native flora". Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/acra-list-2009.html. Retrieved 2009-11-31. 

• New South Wales Flora Online: Callistemon pallidus by R. D. Spencer & P. F. Lumley, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia