Common Name: Red Stringybark
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Single-stemmed, medium to tall, rough-barked tree, 10-20 m high. Thick, stringy grey-brown bark throughout. Glossy green, lanceolate, 7-12 cm long by 1.5-2.5 cm wide. Clusters of stalked buds, with long-beaked to conical (pointed) caps, equal in length or longer than the base. Clusters of white flowers. Summer to autumn (January to May). Globular to somewhat flattened, wide-domed top with conspicuous red disc and valves (when new), 0.7-1 cm long by 1-1.2 cm wide, 3 exserted triangular valves. Throughout the year.
Single-stemmed, medium to tall, rough-barked tree, 10-20 m high. Thick, stringy grey-brown bark throughout. Glossy green, lanceolate, 7-12 cm long by 1.5-2.5 cm wide. Clusters of stalked buds, with long-beaked to conical (pointed) caps, equal in length or longer than the base. Clusters of white flowers. Summer to autumn (January to May). Globular to somewhat flattened, wide-domed top with conspicuous red disc and valves (when new), 0.7-1 cm long by 1-1.2 cm wide, 3 exserted triangular valves. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Restricted in SA to the hills south-west of Clare (eg. Spring Gully Conservation Park). More commonly occurring in NSW and Vic. Common to woodland areas.
Restricted in SA to the hills south-west of Clare (eg. Spring Gully Conservation Park). More commonly occurring in NSW and Vic. Common to woodland areas.
Notes:
Associated with Eucalyptus leucoxylon and E. goniocalyx.
Associated with Eucalyptus leucoxylon and E. goniocalyx.
