Myrtaceae

Weeping bottlebrush

Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes

Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca

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Weeping bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis) — FlowerPhoto: Max Campbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: فرشة الزجاجة
Chinese: 垂枝红千层
English: Weeping bottlebrush, Creek bottlebrush, Tall bottle-brush
Italian: Calistemo
Japanese: シダレブラシノキ
Russian: Каллистемон сплетенный, Красивотычиночник сплетенный, Красивотычиночник сплетённый, Краснотычиночник сплетенный, Краснотычиночник сплетённый

Synonyms

Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn.

Flowers

In flower: March to June, August to November (from 210 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Max Campbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pëter 1968 User:Peter Greenwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Chloë J, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: adrian42, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Colin Horton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.