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Merrit

Eucalyptus flocktoniae

Also called Flockton's Mallee, Urn Fruited Mallee

Merrit
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus flocktoniae, commonly known as merrit or Flockton's mallee, is a species of tree or mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth, silvery grey bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, prominently beaked flower buds in groups of seven or nine and barrel-shaped or urn-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Eucalyptus flocktoniae usually grows in open woodland and forest on sandy plains. Subspecies flocktoniae occurs between Mingenew, the Stirling Range and the Ravensthorpe area. Subspecies hebes has a narrower distribution mainly between Esperance and Balladonia.

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 flocktoniae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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