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RED MALLEE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Red Mallee
Description
Usually a mallee to 9 m, sometimes a tree to 12 m. Bark smooth throughout, pale grey. Juvenile leaves alternate, sessile to shortly petiolate, elliptic to ovate, dull, green. Adult leaves lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 6-9 cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide, dull grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 35° -45° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10-20 mm long. Umbels 7-13-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened, 8-20 mm long; pedicels 2-8 mm long. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, rostrate, 5-8 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 4-5 mm long and wide. Fruits globular, 5-8 mm long and wide; valves 3 or 4.
Habitat
Grows usually on plains in sandy soil in shrubland.
Distribution
Occurs widely in southern N.T., throughout S.A. except the north-east, through inland N.S.W. and north-western Vic.; scattered in the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts, W.A.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 4 - 8
Spread (m): 4 - 8
Soil Texture: sand, loam, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 250
Flower Colour: cream
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | socialis | | Common Name: | Red Mallee |
Relatives in same Genus
Eucalyptus acaciiformis
Eucalyptus accedens
Eucalyptus acies
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus bancroftii
Eucalyptus baxteri
Eucalyptus caleyi
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus crenulata
Eucalyptus curtisii
Eucalyptus dealbata
Eucalyptus dumosa
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus largiflorens
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