GEOGRAPHE COMMUNITY LANDCARE NURSERY
366 Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Busselton [2km south of Busselton Bypass on the right]
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| | SPECIES Photos and information about the species we grow,
and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the future FAMILY | MYRTACEAE |
| Nursery List
| | Scientific name | Calothamnus quadrifidus
| Common name | One-sided Bottlebrush
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More photos coming ...
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Cultivated grey form
Photo: Richard Clark
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Calothamnus quadrifidus
One-sided Bottlebrush
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There is an article about the MYRTACEAE family on FloraBase here.
A note on the MYRTACEAE family in the Wikipedia. | A FloraBase article on the genus Calothamnus.
Calothamnus in the Wikipedia.
ASGAP page on Calothamnus quadrifidus.
| Horticultural note:
| Calothamnus spp are endemic to Western Australia (about 40 species).
Other Calothmnus spp in our neighbourhood: Calothamnus graniticus var. graniticus, Calothamnus sanguineus, Calothamnus lateralis, Calothamnus sp. Whicher.
| References:
FloraBase
WRIGLEY, J.W. and FAGG, M. (1993) Bottlebrushes,
Paperbarks & Tea Trees, Reed New Holland, Sydney.
MABBERLEY, D.J. (1987/1997) The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press.
WHEELER, J. et al (2002) Flora of the South West – Bunbury/Augusta/Denmark, Australian Biological Resources Study, University of Western Australia Press.
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