Calothamnus villosus R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton
Silky net bush, woolly net bush
This native of southwestern Australia does not occur in the wild in North America.
Plants: This shrub is 12–59″ (30–150 cm) high.
Leaves: Evergreen leaves are thin and cylindrical—needle-like—and covered with fuzz.
Flowers: Flowers are bright red, forming clusters of brush-like sprays. Each spray is about 1″ (2.5 cm) long, and has five petals, five hairy sepals, and five bundles of stamens. The flowers are vaguely clawlike in appearance. They appear from March to December.
Fruits: Woody, approximately globular clusters with two thickened lobes on top.
Habitats: Sandy soils high in granite, laterite, or quartzite clay.
From Loddiges, C., Botanical Cabinet, 1817 
Online References:
5/25/2009 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Myrtales | Includes myrtles, leadwoods, loosestrifes, pomegranates, evening primroses, many others |
| Family | Myrtaceae | Myrtle family, include myrtle, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus |
| Genus | Calothamnus | From the ancient Greek kalos, “beautiful,” and thamnos, “shrub.” |
| Species | villosus | Hairy |
Calothamnus villosus description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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