''Eucalyptus angustissima'', or narrow-leaved mallee, is a small tree that is native to the south of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

. Distribution is scattered in southern coastal and subcoastal areas. The tree is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

It is a mallee

eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of Flowering plant, flowering trees, shrubs or Mallee (habit), mallees in the Myrtaceae, myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the Tribe (biology) ...

that grows from about 1 to 4 metres in height. The bark is smooth or matt, mottled grey and very white/grey or light grey-brown. Its juvenile leaves are 4.5 to 8 cm long and 0.3 to 0.4 cm wide The adult leaves are 7 to 11.5 cm long and very narrow (0.15 to 0.3 cm wide). The buds occur in clusters of up to 7 and are followed by creamy-white flowers that appear between August and January and hemispherical fruits 0.5 to 0.8 cm wide. The crown is often very dense and not immediately recognisable as a eucalypt. There are two recognised subspecies: * ''Eucalyptus angustissima'' subsp.''angustissima'' * ''Eucalyptus angustissima'' subsp. ''quaerenda''

Taxonomy

First described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in his series of papers '' Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae'' in 1863 from samples collected by George Maxwell near Point Maxwell. ''E. angustissima'' subsp. ''quaerenda'' was described in the journal '' Telopea'' in 1992 by L.A.S.Johnson and

K.D.Hill Kenneth D. Hill (6 August 1948 – 4 August 2010) was an Australian botanist, notable for his work on eucalypts, the systematics, evolution and conservation of the genus '' Cycas'', as well as on botanical informatics. He was born in Armidale ...

from samples collected by Johnson and Maxwell from near Lake Chinocup.

Distribution

The species is often on saline flats or around saltpans or on sandhills. It will grow in white or grey sands, clay, loam, sometimes saline soils in scrubland or woodland areas.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q151031 Eucalypts of Western Australia Trees of Australia angustissima Myrtales of Australia Mallees (habit) Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1863

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