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|name = Pear-fruited mallee, Dowerin Rose |
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|binomial = ''Eucalyptus pyriformis'' |
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|range_map_caption = ''E. pyriformis'', field distribution |
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''Eucalyptus pyriformis'', '''Pear-fruited mallee'', ''Dowerin Rose''', is a small, straggly [[mallee (habit)|mallee]] with smooth, grey or salmon-pink bark often sheeding in ribbons at the base. [[Juvenile (organism)|Juvenile]] leaves are stalked, [[Phyllotaxis|alternate]], [[ovoid|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 5.5 cm. |
'''''Eucalyptus pyriformis''''', '''Pear-fruited mallee'', ''Dowerin Rose''', is a small, straggly [[mallee (habit)|mallee]] with smooth, grey or salmon-pink bark often sheeding in ribbons at the base. [[Juvenile (organism)|Juvenile]] leaves are stalked, [[Phyllotaxis|alternate]], [[ovoid|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 5.5 cm. |
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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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Revision as of 21:34, 26 October 2017
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. pyriformis
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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 5.5 cm.
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
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