Eucalyptus westonii (Eucalyptus westonii)
Description
Plants grow 7 to 60 cm (2 3⁄4 to 23 1⁄2 inches) tall,from a caudex (woody-like perennial base),flowering spring to mid summer but often found flowering till late summer.They have 3-10 basal leaves that are ternate (arranged with three leaflets),rounded to rounded triangular in shape with 4-to-20-millimetre (5⁄32-to-25⁄32-inch) long petioles. The flowers are produced in clusters (umbels) with 2 to 8 flowers,but often appear singly.The inflorescence have 3 leaf-like bracts similar in appearance to the basal leaves but simple and greatly reduced in size,pinnatifid in shape.Flowers have no petals,but instead have 5-9 petal-like sepals that are white,blue-tinted white or yellow in color.The flowers usually have 40 to 80 stamens but can have up to 100. After flowering,fruits are produced in rounded heads with 5–14-centimetre (2–5 1⁄2-inch) long pedicels.When the fruits,called achenes,are ripe they are ellipsoid to ovate in outline,flat in shape and 5 to 9 millimetres (3⁄16 to 11⁄32 in) long and 4–6 millimetres (5⁄32–1⁄4 in) wide.The achenes are winged with no hairs and have 0.8–1.5-millimetre (0.031–0.059-inch) long beaks that are curved or recurved.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Eucalyptus
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