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Eucalyptus phaenophylla (Eucalyptus phaenophylla)

Description

Eucalyptus phaenophylla, also known as common southern mallee, is a mallee that is native to Western Australia. The mallee typically grows to a height of 1 to 6 metres (3 to 20 ft) and has smooth bark that is shed in ribbons toward the base. It blooms between September and March producing green-yellow inflorescences. It is found on gently undulating sand plains, breakaways and ridges in the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly sandy lateritic soils.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Eucalyptus