Tristania
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- This page is about the plant. For the symphonic metal group, see Tristania (band).
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Tristania is a genus of a few species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New South Wales, Australia, closely related to Callistemon.
They are shrubs or small trees, with dense branching. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, simple, lanceolate, from 5-9 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowers are produced in dense clusters of 3-15 together; each flower is 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five small yellow petals and numerous conspicuous stamens.