Common Name: Gilja
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus brachycalyx
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Small, multi-stemmed mallee, to 7 m high. Bark rough, grey at base, to smooth and pale on upper limbs, shredding in strips. Narrow, glossy, lanceolate, to 10 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. Buds occur in groups of up to 11 on distinct stalks with flattened cluster stalks, lightly ribbed cap is rounded or with a flat top and is usually narrower and shorter than the base. Clusters of white flowers. Summer to autumn. Small cup-shaped, 5 mm diameter, with 3 needle-like valves spreading out over the rim when open. Throughout the year.
Small, multi-stemmed mallee, to 7 m high. Bark rough, grey at base, to smooth and pale on upper limbs, shredding in strips. Narrow, glossy, lanceolate, to 10 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. Buds occur in groups of up to 11 on distinct stalks with flattened cluster stalks, lightly ribbed cap is rounded or with a flat top and is usually narrower and shorter than the base. Clusters of white flowers. Summer to autumn. Small cup-shaped, 5 mm diameter, with 3 needle-like valves spreading out over the rim when open. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Occurs in most mainland agricultural districts of SA (absent from the South-East). Extends into WA. Common to mallee areas.
Occurs in most mainland agricultural districts of SA (absent from the South-East). Extends into WA. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
Mallee trees are important habitat for the region's fauna providing food (nectar, pollen, seed) and shelter (hollows, nesting sites) for many species.
Mallee trees are important habitat for the region's fauna providing food (nectar, pollen, seed) and shelter (hollows, nesting sites) for many species.
