Stiff Bottle-brush is an evergreen shrub that grows to 2 or 3 metres tall. The bright red flowers are arranged in a spike about 10 cm. long. The stamens are very long and there are no petals. Tightly packed, the inflorescence resembles a bottle brush. This photo was taken in the Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Gardin in Hong Kong.
Mallee Bottlebrush (Callistemon brachyandrus) in cultivation at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Photographed on 15 April 1974.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.