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Eucalyptus rugosa
Eucalyptus rugosa, the Kingscote mallee, is a multi-stemmed eucalypt from coastal southern Australia that typically reaches 9–10 m. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant tree suited to dry, sunny sites with free-draining soil.
Eucalyptus rugosa, commonly known as the Kingscote mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to coastal areas of southern Western Australia and South Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and thirteen, white flowers and cup-shaped, conical or hemispherical fruit.
Kingscote mallee grows in mallee shrubland in shallow soils over limestone in coastal districts. Dean Nicolle considers the species to be endemic to South Australia, occurring between Fowlers Bay in the east to the south-east coast and Kangaroo Island, but E. rugosa is also considered to occur in Western Australia by the Western Australian Herbarium.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus rugosa 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.
