Eucalyptus gracilis

Yorrell
E. gracilis in the Lincoln National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. gracilis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus gracilis

Eucalyptus gracilis, commonly known as yorrell, snap and rattle, red mallee, white mallee[2] or kong mallee,[3][4] is a species of mallee or small tree endemic to Australia, where it is found in south-western New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. It has smooth white bark, usually with rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower stems, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in group of between seven and eleven and cup-shaped, cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit.[5][6]

Eucalyptus gracilis flowers in the Barcelona Botanic Garden
Eucalyptus gracilis fruit
  1. ^ "Eucalyptus gracilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ Elliot, Rodger W.; Jones, David L.; Blake, Trevor (1992). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 4: Eu-Go. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. pp. 106–07. ISBN 0-85091-213-X.
  3. ^ Nicolle, Dean (2013). Native Eucalypts of South Australia. Adelaide: Dean Nicolle. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9780646904108.
  4. ^ Dean Nicolle. "Native Eucalypts of South Australia". Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ^ "New South Wales Flora Online: Eucalyptus gracilis". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
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