The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ PULTENAEA ROSEA ¶ is one of the most local of all plants in existence, being absolutely restricted to the summit of Mount William, in the Australian Grampians, at about 5000 feet. ¶ This is also ...

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Eucalyptus alpina
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1886-05 [86.05.00b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1886/86-05-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from ' ', Gardeners' chronicle, 17 July 1886 (B86.07.02). It is dated to May as the latest month that it could have been sent to appear in that issue.

PULTENAEA ROSEA

An editorial interpolation, '—writes Baron Ferdinand von Müeller—', follows the capitalized text.

is one of the most local of all plants in existence, being absolutely restricted to the summit of Mount William, in the Australian Grampians, at about 5000 feet.

Modern sources give the height of Mt William as around 3,800 feet (1,167 m).

This is also the exclusive native locality of . If plants strong enough for experiment are available, they might be tried in mild places of England as outdoor plants, inasmuch as this Pultenaea has to endure in its native haunts a sub-alpine clime, and is subjected to frosts of more or less severity through several months in the year. In places like Arran in Scotland, the Devonshire coast, and the Channel Islands, it ought to prove perfectly hardy.