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Eucalyptus mimica
Also called Newdegate Mallet
Eucalyptus mimica is a small mallet eucalyptus, typically about 5 m tall, endemic to a small area of Western Australia around salt lakes. It is a woody tree grown mainly for its shiny copper-coloured bark and narrow leaves, and it is not widely cultivated.
Eucalyptus mimica is a species of mallet that is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It has smooth, shiny bark, linear to narrow elliptical leaves held erect, flower buds in groups of three and conical fruit with ribbed sides.
This mallet is found on flats and in depressions around salt lakes, growing in sandy-clay soils. Subspecies mimica occurs from east of Pingrup to south of Newdegate. Subspecies continens is only known from roadsides and private land south of Newdegate.
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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.
