Myrtaceae

Gray bottlebrush

Melaleuca glauca (DC.) Craven

Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca

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Gray bottlebrush (Melaleuca glauca) — FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 多花紅千層, 多花红千层, 美丽红千层
English: Gray bottlebrush
Japanese: ブラシノキ

Synonyms

Callistemon glaucus (DC.) Sweet
Callistemon heleogiton Domin
Callistemon salignus var. paludosus (R.Br.) F.Muell.
Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet
Callistemon speciosus DC.
Callistemon speciosus var. glaucus DC.
Melaleuca paludosa R.Br.
Melaleuca weberi Rchb. ex F.Dietr.
Metrosideros crassifolia Dum.Cours.
Metrosideros glauca Dum.Cours.
Metrosideros glauca Bonpl.
Metrosideros speciosa Sims

Flowers

In flower: September to November (from 58 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jim Moore (Maryland), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Hayden Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Belinda Forbes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: pimelea, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: pimelea, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ann Bentley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.