Callistemon rugulosus

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Callistemon rugulosus (Schltdl. ex Link) DC.

Synonyms: 17 (APC 2026-07-30)

Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. var. coccineus (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon coccineus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Cheel (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon macropunctatus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon rugulosum DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
Callistemon rugulosum var. laevifolia Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon rugulosus (Schltdl. ex Link) DC. var. rugulosus (nomenclatural synonym)
Callistemon rugulosus var. laevifolius F.Muell. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon rugulosus var. scaber (Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.) Heynh. (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon scaber Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. (taxonomic synonym)
Callistemon scabrum Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. (taxonomic synonym)
Melaleuca rugulosa (Schltdl. ex Link) Craven (nomenclatural synonym)
Metrosideros glandulosa DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. (nomenclatural synonym)
Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link (nomenclatural synonym)
Metrosideros scabra Colla (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic (native and naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (6), Cheal_2017 (2), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (25), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 192 records in 16 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 100.17 mm2 (66.89-163.12 mm2) [sources: Staples_2019]
leaf_length (numerical): 43.33 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 33.01 mg (22.6-56.5 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 328.91 g/m2 (285.28-369.29 g/m2) [sources: Staples_2019]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblanceolate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (3); mammal (1); vertebrate (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); endozoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.02-0.14 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGK_2014]
seed_length (numerical): 1.05 mm (1.05-1.05 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 0.37 mm (0.37-0.37 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): cuneate (2); polyhedral (2) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.8 mg/mm3 (0.79-0.81 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Staples_2019	4	80	T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	14	25	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	13	17	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	6	6	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Cheal_2017	2	2	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
RBGK_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.