Phebalium bullatum
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Phebalium bullatum, commonly known as Silvery Phebalium or Desert Phebalium, is a shrub which is endemic to Australia
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The species is found on sandy soils in mallee
scrub in South Australia
and western Victoria
. It grows from 0.5 to 2 metres high and produces clusters of yellow flowers from August to December in Australia (late winter to early summer).
The species was first formally described by J.M. Black in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, published in 1916.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The species is found on sandy soils in mallee
Mallee (habit)
Mallee is the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, usually to a height of no more than ten metres...
scrub in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and western Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. It grows from 0.5 to 2 metres high and produces clusters of yellow flowers from August to December in Australia (late winter to early summer).
The species was first formally described by J.M. Black in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, published in 1916.