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Eucalyptus caesia, commonly known as caesia [2] or gungurru, [3] is a species of mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth reddish brown bark at first, later shedding in curling flakes, lance-shaped, sometimes curved adult leaves, club-shaped flower buds covered with a waxy, bluish white bloom, pink stamens with yellow anthers and urn-shaped fruit.
The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana , and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the ...
The flowers buds are arranged singly in leaf axils on a flattened peduncle 22–55 mm (0.87–2.17 in) long, the pedicel 13–20 mm (0.51–0.79 in) long. Mature buds are red, oblong in side view, square in cross-section, 35–43 mm (1.4–1.7 in) long and 11–20 mm (0.43–0.79 in) wide with a narrow wing on each corner and a flat, disc-like ...
Published by Society for Growing Australian Plants NSW Ltd., (Mar. 1988-); by Australian Plants Society NSW Ltd., (Mar. 2001-) "Australian plants" is complemented by the Society's online publication, "Australian plants online," but the content of the two publications is completely different. Also available on microfiche.
Flowers are white and in clusters. The pink, elongated, edible fruits range from a size of 1.5 to 2.3 centimeters long, and ripen mainly in summer and autumn. The fruit surrounds a small, circular seed. The flavour of the fruit is described as having a refreshing taste, and have a small hint of sourness to them. [4] [5]
The list of threatened plants of Australia Queensland includes all plant species listed as critically endangered or endangered in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). [1]
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Waratah in flower in bushland, regenerating from fire in recent years, dominant above slower-growing understory plants Telopea speciosissima is a pyrogenic-flowering species, relying on post-fire flowering followed by production and dispersal of non-dormant seeds to take advantage of favourable growing conditions in the altered environment ...