Eucalyptus ebbanoensis

Sandplain mallee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. ebbanoensis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus ebbanoensis

Eucalyptus ebbanoensis, the sandplain mallee, is a mallee eucalypt native to Western Australia.[1]

Description

Mature trees are usually grow to a height of 2 to 6 metres (7 to 20 ft) high, occasionally up to 10 m (33 ft). It blooms between September and March producing inflorescences with white-cream flowers. The simple, axillary inflorescences form in groups of three with stamens in bundles of four.[1]

The bark is smooth, light-brown to grey. Distinctive features include pear-shaped buds in threes; shining, red-brown fruit; leaves mostly alternate.[2]

Taxonomy

There are two known subspecies:

  • Eucalyptus ebbanoensis Maiden subsp. ebbanoensis[3]
  • Eucalyptus ebbanoensis subsp. glauciramula[4]

Distribution

Sandplain mallee has been found in various places among breakaways, on sand plains and granite hills through parts of the northern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions including areas near the Wongan Hills, Norseman, and between Kalgoorlie and Menzies. These are areas of predominantly winter rainfall with an annual average of 250–400 mm. It grows mainly in red sand, and sometimes on lateritic hills.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 >"Eucalyptus ebbanoensis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 Chippendale, G.M. (1973). Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt). AGPS: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-00064-6
  3. ↑ "Eucalyptus ebbanoensis Maiden subsp. ebbanoensis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. ↑ "Eucalyptus ebbanoensis Maiden subsp. ebbanoensis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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