GLAZED MALLEE. Eucalyptus tenera can grow to 4 m high. The bark is smooth and bright brown, the leaves are glossy, and the flowers are typically cream to yellow (occasionally pink).

It occurs in Western Australia only, from Three Springs through the wheatbelt south to Pingrup and into the western goldfields.

GLAZED MALLEE. Eucalyptus tenera.

YORRELL. Eucalyptus yilgarnensis occurs as a mallee in Westonia Common. (It can be a tree.) It's range is east of a line from Dalwallinu to Lake Grace, through the wheatbelt eastwards, the goldfields, and into the Great Victoria Desert.

YORRELL. Eucalyptus yilgarnensis has very small flowers and fruit. The flowers typically have a twisted appearance.

Euryomyrtus maidenii is an inland species extending to Cowcowing in the west, south to Frank Hann National Park and also into the Murchison and Goldfields.

Homalocalyx thryptomenoides has pink myrtle-like flower. It is a shrub to 1 m high. This flower is wet after light rain. The species mostly occurs between Hyden, Rawlinna, Mooloogool Station and Northampton.

Leptospermopsis roei is a type of tea tree. It is an inland species which occurs through the wheatbelt from Wubin to Ravensthorpe. The furry buds are a distinguishing feature.

Malleostemon roseus is an inland species, occurring only in Western Australia. Westonia is near the southern border of its range which extends north to near Carnarvon and east to Coolgardie.

Malleostemon roseus flowers prolifically.

Malleostemon roseus has tiny pink flowers and tinier leaves . It can grow to about 2 m high.

Malleostemon tuberculatus is a slender erect shrub to 2.5 m high with white/pink flowers. The leaves have a pronounced hook at the end (not sharp), and 'warts' or tubercles along them.

Malleostemon tuberculatus. This photo shows the tubercles on the leaves and the hook at the end of each leaf.

Malleostemon tuberculatus has a wedge shaped inland range bounded by Northampton, Coolgardie and Hyden i.e. it is almost all in the wheatbelt.

MALLEE HONEYMYRTLE. Melaleuca acuminata is a shrub which grows to about 3 m high. Its flowers are cream or white and the leaves curve backwards. In Western Australia it mostly occurs east of a line from Wicherina (40 km east of Geraldton) to the Stirling Range, through the wheatbelt and goldfields. It also occurs in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.