Callistemon subulatus

Low, spreading shrub mostly to 1 m high; bark hard, dark, fissured; branches generally flexuous. Leaves densely arranged, linear to subulate or rarely terete, 2–4 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, shortly mucronate. Flower spikes 4–8 cm long, 4.0–4.5 cm wide generally with some leafy bracts; axis sparsely hairy or glabrous; hypanthium with or without hairs; stamens 15–20 mm long, filaments dark crimson, anthers dark purplish-red. Capsules 4–5 mm long and wide. Flowers mainly summer.