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Eucalyptus Desmondensis
''Eucalyptus desmondensis'', commonly known as Desmond mallee, is a species of slender Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and nineteen, cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus desmondensis'' is a slender, willowy mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth whitish or pale brown bark, sometimes a drooping Crown (botany), crown, and wikt:adjective#Glaucous, glaucous branchlets. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are more or less square in cross-section and egg-shaped leaves long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, thick, the same glossy grey-green on both sides. They are lance-shaped, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf wikt:axil, axils in groups o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south-east of Perth and 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe. At the , Ravensthorpe had a population of 438. In 1848, the area was surveyed by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who named many of the geographical features nearby, including the nearby Ravensthorpe Range that the later town was named after. There was one of the Western Australian Government Railways isolated branch lines between Hopetoun and Ravensthorpe. This line opened in 1909. Alluvial gold was discovered at the Phillips River in 1892. At the goldfield a ''de facto'' town emerged, known as ''Phillips River''. The government completed construction of a copper and gold smelter about 2 km south east of the town in 1906, used to cast copper and gold ingots. History A temporary pastoral lease ("Free Run") was registered by James Dunn senior in 1868. His five sons and daughter started she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
