Pentagram

A mystery bottlebrush-type shrub encountered on a walk in the Mountainside neighbourhood of Gordon's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. It looks like a cross between a Callistemon and Corymbia.

December 2016 update:

Common names: New Zealand Christmas Tree, Common Pohutakawa.

Botanical name: Metrosiseros exelsa variegata.

Family: Myrtaceae.

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