Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 260

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-COMMON_NAMES-Harsh-leaved Metrosideros,
Bottlebrush Bush,
 Crimson Bottlebush
-GENUS-Metrosideros
-SPECIES-Metrosideros citrina
-CLASS-Icosandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-__

-MODERN_GENUS-Callistemon
-MODERN_SPECIES-Callistemon citrinus
-MODERN_FAMILY- Myrtaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- shrub
-COLOR- petals: green or red, stamens: bright crimson
-SEASON- early to mid summer
-NATIVE_REGION- Australia
-ZONE- 9

-SOURCE-  The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-  8
-PUB_DATE-  1794
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-  Disc 0416 IMG0004.PCD