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Callistemon phoeniceus Lindl.
Lesser Bottlebrush

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 10 (1839)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Tall to small tree or shrub, 1-6 m high. Fl. red, Sep to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils, laterite. Often along watercourses.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 2001
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Leonora, Manjimup, Menzies, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mundaring, Murchison, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Tammin, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.