Eucalyptus crucis

Eucalyptus crucis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. crucis
Binomial name
Eucalyptus crucis
Maiden

Eucalyptus crucis, comonly known as the silver mallee, is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[1]

The mallee typically grows to a height of 2 to 15 metres (7 to 49 ft) and has brown-grey minni ritchi type bark. It blooms between September and March producing white-cream flowers. It is found in a area in the Goldfields-Esperance and Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, clay or loam soils amongst granite outcrops.

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