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Johnsons Mallee

Eucalyptus johnsoniana

Also called Johnson's Mallee

Johnsons Mallee
Photo: Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, CC BY 3.0 au

Johnson's mallee is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree from the Eucalyptus genus, native to a small area of sandplain heath in south-west Western Australia. It grows well in full sun, sandy well-drained soil and dry conditions.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub, Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or sandy loam soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost but protect young plants below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus johnsoniana, commonly known as Johnson's mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth, greyish brown bark, sometimes with flaky to fibrous brownish bark at the base, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and shortened spherical fruit with an unusually small opening.

Where it grows

Johnson's mallee grow in heath, mostly on undulating sandplain between Eneabba and Badgingarra.

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 johnsoniana 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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