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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Eucalyptus grossa, Eucalyptus desmondensis, Eucalyptus falcata, Eucalyptus goniantha, Eucalyptus decipens, Eucalyptus corrugata, Eucalyptus le souefii, Eucalyptus stricklandii, Western Australia
Disciplines
Forest Biology | Genetics
First Page Number
642
Last Page Number
653
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
THIS mallee is unmistakable by reason of its peculiar habit and thick roughbarked stem and branches, both of which have longitudinally-fissured persistent bark right up to the distinctly reddish branchlets.
The leaves are broad and thick, a bright shining green in colour, with the mid-ribs usually a purplish-red. The heads of flowers are on thick red round-in-section foot-stalks which hang almost vertically, and the reddish bud-cap conceals the ultimately free, bright yellow filaments.
The widely-spreading thick branches, and in general the rough stout appearance of the shrub inspired the name "grossa" from the Latin grossus meaning thick.
Recommended Citation
Gardner, Charles Austin
(1960)
"Trees of Western Australia. 71. Coarse-leaved mallee (Eucalyptus grossa F. Muell. ex Benth.). 72. Desmond mallee (Eucalyptus desmondensis Maiden & Blakely). 73. Eucalyptus falcata Turcz. 74. Jerdacattup mallee (Eucalyptus goniantha Turcz.). 75. Redheart (Eucalyptus decipiens Endl.). 76. Eucalyptus corrugata Luehmann. 77. Goldfields blackbutt (Eucalyptus Le Souefii Maiden). 78. Strickland's gum, or goldfields yellow-flowered gum (Eucalyptus Stricklandii Maiden),"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 1:
No.
7, Article 16.
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