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''Eucalyptus pyriformis'', '''Pear-fruited mallee'', ''Dowerin Rose''', is a small, straggly [[mallee]] with smooth, grey or salmon-pink bark often sheeding in ribbons at the base. [[Juvenile (organism)|Juvenile]] leaves are stalked, [[Phyllotaxis|alternate]], [[ovate]] , to 9 x 5 cm. Adult leaves are stalked, broad-[[lanceolate]] to 9.5 x 3.2 cm, concolorous dull, grey to grey-green with a firm texture. Flowers are red or creamy white in mid |
''Eucalyptus pyriformis'', '''Pear-fruited mallee'', ''Dowerin Rose''', is a small, straggly [[mallee]] with smooth, grey or salmon-pink bark often sheeding in ribbons at the base. [[Juvenile (organism)|Juvenile]] leaves are stalked, [[Phyllotaxis|alternate]], [[ovate]] , to 9 x 5 cm. Adult leaves are stalked, broad-[[lanceolate]] to 9.5 x 3.2 cm, concolorous dull, grey to grey-green with a firm texture. Flowers are red or creamy white in mid winter to mid-spring. Fruit hangs on long stalks, is ribbed and funnel shaped to 4 x 5.5cm. |
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The distribution is limited to the western part of the northern [[Western Australia]]n wheatbelt, from north-west of [[Geraldton]], south to Dowerin, usually on white sandplains. |
The distribution is limited to the western part of the northern [[Western Australia]]n wheatbelt, from north-west of [[Geraldton]], south to Dowerin, usually on white sandplains. |
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Eucalyptus pyriformis, Pear-fruited mallee, Dowerin Rose, is a small, straggly mallee with smooth, grey or salmon-pink bark often sheeding in ribbons at the base. Juvenile leaves are stalked, alternate, ovate , to 9 x 5 cm. Adult leaves are stalked, broad-lanceolate to 9.5 x 3.2 cm, concolorous dull, grey to grey-green with a firm texture. Flowers are red or creamy white in mid winter to mid-spring. Fruit hangs on long stalks, is ribbed and funnel shaped to 4 x 5.5cm.
The distribution is limited to the western part of the northern Western Australian wheatbelt, from north-west of Geraldton, south to Dowerin, usually on white sandplains.
E. pyriformis is distinctive for its large, pendulous buds and spectacular coloured flowers.[1]
References
- ^ Brooker, I. & Kleinig, D., Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification, Reed Books, Melbourne, 1996