Eucalyptus vegrandis
Eucalyptus vegrandis, commonly known as the Ongerup mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped or conical fruit. Description. "Eucalyptus vergrandis" is a mallee that typically grows to a height of , forms a lignotuber and has greenish to yellowish bark. The adult leaves are glossy green, linear to lance-shaped or elliptical, long and wide tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils  in groups of seven on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are elongated, long and wide with a conical, horn-shaped or rounded operculum that is narrower than the floral cup at the join. Flowering occurs in October or February and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped or conical capsule long and wide with the valves close to rim level. Taxonomy and naming. "Eucalyptus vegrandis" was first formally described in 1992 by Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill from specimens collected north-west of Ongerup in 1983. The specific  epithet ("vegrandis") is a Latin word meaning "not very large" referring to its small stature. In 2005, Dean Nicolle and Ian Brooker described two subspecies and the names have been accepted by the Australian Plant Census: Distribution and habitat. Ongerup mallee grows in low-lying places, often with saltbush and is found between Jerramungup, Katanning, Cranbrook and Boxwood Hill. Subspecies "vegrandis" occurs between Ongerup, Katanning Nyabing, Jerramungup and the Bremer River. Subspecies "recondita" occurs from Cranbrook to the north and south of the Stirling Range but not on the Range itself. Conservation status. "Eucalyptus vegrandis" and its two subspecies are  listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.