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Melaleuca recurva, commonly known as Tinaroo bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to higher areas of far northern Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon recurvus). It is a shrub with spikes of red flowers tipped with yellow in most months of the year and which often has leaves with their edges curled under.
Melaleuca recurva is often cultivated due to the presence of flowers through most of the year.
Melaleuca recurva occurs in the higher districts in Queensland from the Atherton Tableland south to the Bowen district where it grows in dense scrubland and on rocky outcrops near rivers.
Melaleuca comboynensis · Callistemon kenmorrisonii · Melaleuca linearifolia · Melaleuca pearsonii · Melaleuca pityoides · Melaleuca orophila · Bottlebrush · Prickly Bottlebrush · Melaleuca buseana · Melaleuca flammea · Melaleuca flavovirens · Melaleuca formosa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca recurva by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
