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Beaufortia sparsa
Flower of Western Australia .. Beaufortia looks very much like a Melaleuca bottlebrush, but is in a different genus. The small difference between the genera is in the arrangement of the anthers (the pollen bearing structures of the flowers). In Beaufortia these are attached to the stamens at their bases whereas in Melaleuca the anthers are attached along their sides so it can be quite difficult to separate the two.
Spotted on Jan 31, 2011
Submitted on Jul 14, 2011
7 Comments
Thanks alicelongmartin.. Western Australia Wildflower Season is absolutely amazing! The 7 year old daughter of my friend said .. The Aborigines must have been good gardeners to plant sooo many beautiful flowers..
Very Pretty. It has some similarity to our tree and likely our tree came from your country.
@ AshishNimkar...Thanks.. It is called a Bottlebrush.. but it is not a Callistemon..
Bottle Brush plant. Originated from Australia.
Callistemon tree
:)
It looks a bit like powder puff.