| Callistemon pungens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Callistemon |
| Species: | C. pungens |
| Binomial name | |
| Callistemon pungens Lumley and R.D.Spencer[1] |
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Callistemon pungens is a shrub or small tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[1]
It grows up to 2 to 5 metres in height and has a rigid habit with silvery new growth. The leaves are 20 to 30 mm long and 3 to 5 mm wide with pointed tips. Purple flower spikes are produced in summer. [1]
The species was first formally described in 1990 in Muelleria.[2] 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 williamsii.[2]