Alentejo - VI

Calistemo, Escova-de-garrafa, lava-garrafas ou bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis G. Don ex Loud.; Myrtaceae) é uma árvore de porte médio originária de ilhas da Oceania como a Austrália. Seu ciclo de vida é perene e a planta pode chegar a 7 metros.

Callistemon is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1814. The entire genus is endemic to Australia but widely cultivated in many other regions and naturalised in scattered locations.] Their status as a separate taxon is in doubt, some authorities accepting that the difference between callistemons and melaleucas is not sufficient for them to be grouped in a separate genus.