Melaleuca rugulosa

Scarlet bottlebrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Species:	M. rugulosa
Binomial name
	Melaleuca rugulosa; (Link) Craven
Synonyms
	Callistemon coccineus F.Muell.; Callistemon coccineus var. laevifolius F.Muell.; Callistemon laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Cheel; Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court; Callistemon macropunctatus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler; Callistemon rugulosus Miq.; Callistemon rugulosus (Link) DC.; Callistemon rugulosus var. laevifolius F.Muell. ex Miq.; Callistemon rugulosus var. scaber (G.Lodd.) Heynh.; Callistemon scaber G.Lodd.; Metrosideros macropunctata Dum.Cours.; Metrosideros rugulosa Link; Metrosideros scabra Colla;

Melaleuca rugulosa, commonly known as scarlet bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to South Australia and Victoria in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon rugulosus. Callistemon coccineus and Callistemon macropunctatus are older names for Callistemon rugulosus.) It is a shrub with an open straggly habit, stiff, sharply pointed leaves and bright red bottlebrush flowers tipped with yellow in summer.