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Eucalyptus Lucasii
''Eucalyptus lucasii'', commonly known as Barlee box, is a species of Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to central Western Australia. It has smooth bark, sometimes rough near the base, with broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds mostly in groups of between seven and eleven on a branched Peduncle (botany), peduncle, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped to cylindrical or conical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus lucasii'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, brown to greyish bark, sometimes with rough flaky or ribbony bark at the base of the trunk. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull greyish green, egg-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same shade of green on both sides, broadly lance-shaped, long and wide tapering to a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven, nine or eleven, sometimes on an unbranched Peduncle (bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiluna, Western Australia
Wiluna is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated on the edge of the Western Desert at the gateway to the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel Highway. It is the service centre of the local area for the local Martu people, the pastoral industry, the Wiluna Gold Mine, and many more people who work on other mines in the area on a " fly-in/fly-out" basis. Wiluna's climate is hot and dry, with an annual rainfall of . Mean maximum temperatures range from 19 °C (66 °F) in July, to 38 °C (100 °F) in January. The closest service centre is in Meekatharra. Overview Wiluna has from 200 to 600 Aboriginal people living within its community, depending upon the nature, time and place of the traditional law ceremonies across the Central Desert region. The traditional Aboriginal owners (a grouping known as the Martu) were "settled" as a consequence of the British colonisation process that began in the 1800s. In the 1950s a church- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
