Erect shrub to 8 m high; bark persistent. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 3–7 cm long, 9–15 mm wide, leathery, apex with a pungent mucro, lateral veins faint, surfaces conspicuously and densely gland-dotted. Flower spikes 3–7 cm long, 2.5–5 (mostly c. 3.5) cm wide; hypanthium mostly sparsely hairy at first, becoming glabrous; stamens 10–15 mm long, filaments cream to yellow, anthers pale yellow. Capsules 4–6 mm long and wide. Flowers spring–summer.
VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, CVU, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, MonT, HFE, VAlp. Also Qld, NSW, Tas. Mostly in rocky, high areas of the Great Dividing Range and other rocky (often granitic) outcrops (e.g. Gembrook, Ben Cairn, Mt Oberon), also occasionally in gullies and at lower elevations. .
Source:
Spencer, R.D. (1996). Callistemon. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 1022–1027. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
