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Lake Wyola Mallee

Eucalyptus wyolensis

Eucalyptus wyolensis is a multi-stemmed mallee eucalypt native to a small area of South Australia, known from only two populations on red sandplain. It is a hardy, drought-adapted tree grown mainly in its native range and in dry-climate gardens, and is rarely cultivated.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants until established, then rely on rainfall; avoid overwatering.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or sandy loam soil, ideally red sandplain-type soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; frost tolerance is uncertain, so protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus wyolensis, commonly known as the Wyola mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to South Australia. It has rough bark on the base of the stems, smooth grey to brown bark above, heart-shaped to egg-shaped adult leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flower buds in groups of seven to eleven, pale yellow flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

This mallee is only known from two populations between Lake Maurice and the border with Western Australia where it grows on red sandplain in the southern part of the Great Victoria Desert.

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 wyolensis 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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