Callistemon forresterae

Erect shrub to 1.2 m high; branches erect; bark grey, papery. Leaves leathery, linear to linear-lanceolate, mucronate, often slightly falcate, mostly 3.3–4.3 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, margins thickened, oil glands visible on both leaf surfaces; petiole usually twisted. Flower spikes usually with leaf-like bracts at the tip, mostly 9–12 cm long, 4.2–4.6 cm wide; axis hairy; hypanthium hairy; stamens mostly 13–15 mm long, filaments mauve, anthers purple. Capsule 4–6 mm long, 5–8 mm wide. Flowers mainly Oct.–Jan.