Common Name: Beaked Red Mallee
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus socialis
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Multi-stemmed mallee to small tree, 2-10 m high. Rough, dark grey-brown bark near base, with older bark shredding in strips to expose smooth, pale upper limbs. Reddish branchlets near flowering. Dull, grey-green, oil-dotted, 5-15 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. Buds with long beaked pointed caps, longer than rounded base, in groups up to 12. Clusters of cream-yellow flowers. Late winter to summer. Rounded, 7 mm diameter, needle-like protruding (when unbroken) valves. Throughout the year.
Multi-stemmed mallee to small tree, 2-10 m high. Rough, dark grey-brown bark near base, with older bark shredding in strips to expose smooth, pale upper limbs. Reddish branchlets near flowering. Dull, grey-green, oil-dotted, 5-15 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. Buds with long beaked pointed caps, longer than rounded base, in groups up to 12. Clusters of cream-yellow flowers. Late winter to summer. Rounded, 7 mm diameter, needle-like protruding (when unbroken) valves. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed throughout lower rainfall regions in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. Extends into WA, NT, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Widely distributed throughout lower rainfall regions in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. Extends into WA, NT, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
Species name socialis is derived from Latin meaning 'friendly', referring to it occurring with many other Eucalypt species.
Species name socialis is derived from Latin meaning 'friendly', referring to it occurring with many other Eucalypt species.
