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Desert ridge-fruited mallee
Eucalyptus capitanea
About
Eucalyptus capitanea, commonly known as the desert ridge-fruited mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to South Australia. It often has rough, flaky bark on the lower part of the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, ribbed, oval flower buds in groups of seven, cream-coloured flowers and ribbed, urn-shaped fruit.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Eucalyptus capitanea
- Slug
- eucalyptus-capitanea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Eucalyptus
- Species
- capitanea
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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