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Callistemon pallidus, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1822 most planted

Callistemon pallidus

Lemon bottlebrush · also Yellow bottlebrush

Spreading
17
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
3.8 in
median trunk (10 cm, 17 measured)

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Callistemon pallidus, also known as lemon bottlebrush, is an upright shrub with thin, spreading branches. It features silvery new growth and pale yellow, sometimes pinkish, bottlebrush flowers. This species is native to eastern and southeastern Australia and tolerates subtropical climates.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Melbourne · Australia
    17—3.8 in

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Traits

Form
Spreading
Blooms
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug

Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.8 in, mean 3.1 in, 90th percentile 3.8 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Eastern Australian temperate forests
  • Southeast Australia temperate forests

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

  • Eastern Australia mulga shrublands
  • Southeast Australia temperate savanna

Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

  • Queensland tropical rain forests

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

  • Brigalow tropical savanna

Other Callistemon in the catalogue

7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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