Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Callistemon recurvus 'Country Sprite', Taken: 14 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 461 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Callistemon 'Country Sprite'

File Number

461

ACRA Field Book Number

458

Registration Date

14/10/1992

Application Received

01/02/1990

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Callistemon 'Country Sprite'

Origin

Callistemon 'Country Sprite' is a seedling of Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' (an F2 hybrid of C. recurvus X C. salignus, ACRA registered number 357). It was selected in 1986 from a batch of seedlings grown in the home garden of Mrs E J Morgan. The name was chosen in reference to its parentage. The cultivar was first received by the Authority in February 1990. Registration applied for by Mrs E J Morgan, Glasshouse Mountains, Qld.

Characteristics

Fairly loose, open shrub to 4-5m tall. The new growth is coppery pink. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to narrow-oblanceolate, 42-64mm long, and 6-9mm wide. The leaf stalk is 1-1.7mm long, margins slightly recurved (on herbarium specimens at least); reticulate venation clearly visible. Flower spike moderately open to relatively dense, ca. 35mm wide. Stamens ca. 44-50, ca. 15mm long, pink at the tip, pale at the base. Anthers yellow. Style exceeding stamens, pale green. Fruit not seen. Flowering period mostly spring and late summer. Diagnosis: Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Country' in: flowers redder and larger darker leaf colour of older leaves larger leaves prominent pale green styles Differs from C. recurvus in: pale flower colour with stamens pale at base paler, longer and wider leaves leaves with less recurved margins (at least in dry specimens) As with C. 'Tin-Sal Glow' there is a superficial resemblance to pink forms of C. seiberi (syn. C. palludosus). However, the pale bases to the stamens and slightly recurved leaf margins of C. 'Country Sprite' are distinct.

Cultivation

Yet to be introduced to commerce (1991). It is a vigorous grower. Flowering noticeably improves with extra water. It has a medium frost tolerance and is said to be highly resistant to drought. Propagation must be carried out by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.

Publication

Payne, W.H. (1994), Wildflowers as Garden Cultivars. Australian Plants 18(141): 26

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966filaments: ca. Red Group 48C

Propagation

Cuttings

Applicant Name

Mrs E J Morgan

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant.

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC461, ACRA458, CBG9002619

NSL ID

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