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Eucalyptus calycogona Turcz.
Gooseberry Mallee

Reference
Bull.Cl.Phys.-Math.Acad.Imp.Sci.Saint-Pétersbourg 10:338 (1852)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

(Mallee), to 5 m high, bark smooth, grey to light grey or green-grey over light grey to cream. Fl. white-cream/pink, Jul to Nov. Red sandy clay, sandy loam or red loam, calcareous clay, gravelly soils, ironstone. Flats, slopes, hills, breakaways, roadverges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 August 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mardabilla, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Westonia, Wickepin, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.