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Eucalyptus Balladoniensis
''Eucalyptus balladoniensis'', commonly known as the Balladonia mallee, is a Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to an area in the south of Western Australia. It has rough bark on the lower half of its stems, smooth brownish bark above, lance-shaped leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, pale yellow flowers and hemispherical to more or less spherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus balladoniensis'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and has rough, dark grey, fibrous to flaky bark on the lower half of its stems and smooth dark grey bark above that reveals smooth brownish bark above when in sheds in short ribbons. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull greyish green, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flowers are borne in groups of seven in leaf wikt:axil, axils on an unbranched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the individual buds Sessility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balladonia, Western Australia
Balladonia is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the first stop east of Norseman on the journey east across the Nullarbor Plain. Between Balladonia and Caiguna is a stretch of the highway which is one of the longest straight stretches of road in the world. History The name is an Aboriginal word meaning "big rock by itself". The area was settled by Europeans in 1879, and the original Balladonia homestead was built away from the present townsite. From 1897 to 1929, Balladonia was a telegraph station on the East-West Telegraph, a telegraph line running from Perth to Adelaide telegraph line, due to a previous coastal line being shorted by salt spray from the Southern Ocean. The arid climate and lack of suitable water sources restricted the town's development. In July 1979, the area gained worldwide attention when the re-entry of the Skylab space station left a trail of debris across the nearby countryside. Balladonia Statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
