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Backhousia kingii, known as scaly bark ironwood, is a Queensland tree of the myrtle family that grows in vine thickets. It is grown mainly as a landscape or native garden tree in warm, seasonally dry climates.
Backhousia kingii (common name scaly bark ironwood) is a species of Myrtaceae endemic to Queensland, which was first described in 1988 by Gordon Guymer.
It is found from the south of Mackay to Gayndah growing in vine thickets from close to sea level up to 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Backhousia kingii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
