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Bottlebrush

Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
The Stanford Quad April 8, 2015

In the sixth grade, I attended a brand new school: Nova Elementary.
At a dedication ceremony that all the students attended, we planted a bottlebrush tree.
For this occasion, I wrote a poem in rhymed couplets. (I think it was part of an assignment.)
I remember it began,

"This is the story of what happened to me

On the day that we planted the bottlebrush tree."

I cannot think of bottlebrush trees without thinking of that experience.

Now there is a bottlebrush, just outside of my building in the Stanford Quad.
It is depicted above.

American bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) - female
Family: Aegithalidae
Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) Family: Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
I am not sure how to distinguish bottlebrush (Genus Melaleuca) from crimson bottlebrush (Genus Callistemon) = same tribe.
Adobe Creek Trail
February 28, 2021
Canon 7D markII

Bottlebrush

"Perth pink" crimson bottlebrush (Callistemon citinus) aka Melaleuca citrina 'Perth Pink', Callistemon pearsonii 'Perth Pink'
Tribe: Melaleuceae
Family: Myrtaceae
Strawberry Canyon
Berkeley
May 5, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII

Bottle brush and sunbird

Arusha, Tanzania
Summer 2010

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Last modified: March 6, 2021
Created: April 18 2015 (from plumbago.html)
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