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Yanchep Mallee

Eucalyptus argutifolia

Yanchep Mallee
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Yanchep Mallee is a rare, multi-stemmed eucalyptus shrub or small tree from limestone ridges in south-west Western Australia, growing to about 4 m. Give it full sun and very well-drained soil, as it is adapted to dry, shallow limestone conditions.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub, Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply while establishing, then allow the soil to dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once mature.
Soil
Free-draining, alkaline or limestone-based soil; tolerates shallow, stony ground.
Temperature
Mild to warm climates; tolerates light frost; protect young plants below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus argutifolia, commonly known as Wabling Hill mallee or Yanchep mallee, is a mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rare species with smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds arranged in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and cylindrical to conical cup-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Wabling Hill mallee occurs naturally on Wabling Hill and Parrot Ridge to the north of Yanchep and to the south of Seabird on shallow soils of limestone ridges, on slopes and in gullies.

Other Eucalyptus plants

Eucalyptus abdita · Badgingarra Box · Wattle Leaved Peppermint · Powder Bark Wandoo · Woolbernup Mallee · White-mahogany · Lakefield Coolibah · Wellstead Mallee · Eucalyptus aenea · Welcome Hill Gum · Blue-leaf stringybark · Black Gum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus argutifolia 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.

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