Capped mallee | |
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Eucalyptus pileata growing near Mount Madden dam, south of Lake King | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. pileata
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Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus pileata |
Eucalyptus pileata, commonly known as the capped mallee,[2] is a species of mallee that is native to South Australia and Western Australia. It has smooth greyish bark, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, conical or barrel-shaped fruit.