White bottle brush is native to Australia. It grows in moist forests and on ridges, occasionally along riverbanks. The shrub prefers a sunny situation on moist soil. In Kampala, this species is found in areas of Acacia avenue, along Entebbe road, along Prince Charles drive, within Makerere University among other places.

White bottle brush is a shrub or small tree that grows at a height of 1.5–12 m. .

BARK: pale, papery.

LEAVES: narrow-lanceolate, 2–4 cm long, 6–8 mm wide, apex acute to ± acuminate and pungent, margins often recurved, lower surface paler and with distinct lateral veins, midrib prominent.

FLOWERS: cream or greenish-cream, spikes usually 3–5 cm long, c. 2 cm diam.; rachis densely tomentose when flowering. Filaments 8–10 mm long.

FRUIT: smooth, apex constricted, soon shed.

An ornamental tree.

Agroforestry: can be planted as a windbreak, binds soil particles together.