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Yorrell

Eucalyptus yilgarnensis

Also called Yorrel

Yorrell
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Yorrell is a eucalypt mallee, occasionally a small tree, native to dry woodland in Western Australia. It grows best in full sun and well-drained sandy soil, and tolerates long dry spells once established.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little supplementary water.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or sandy loam soil; avoid heavy, waterlogged clay.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and cool winters; frost hardy to about -5 °C once established, protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eucalyptus yilgarnensis, commonly known as yorrell or yorrel, is a species of mallee, rarely a small tree, that is endemic to Western Australia. It usually has rough bark on the trunk, smooth bark above, linear to narrow elliptical or narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Eucalyptus yilgarnensis grows on sandy soil in low, open woodland between Wongan Hills, Kalgoorlie, Zanthus, Balladonia and Salmon Gums.

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 yilgarnensis 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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