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pedicel, irregularly costate, 3-4-locular, 8-15 mm long, 8-14 mm diam.; calyptra scar 
and stemonophore flat or slightly raised, 1.5-2.5 mm wide; disc level to depressed to 
c. 45°, 2-4 mm wide, valves narrowly triangular, acuminate, basally enclosed, apically 
ultimately vertically exserted, often broken at disc level. Seeds ovoid, smooth, 
shallowly and regularly pitted, dark grey- to red-brown, 1.5-2.5 mm long; hilum 
ventral; chaff dark red-brown, smaller, angular (Fig. lOd, e, f). 
Previously included in a broader concept of £. griffithsii Maiden, now separated from 
the latter by the non-glaucous, more prominently winged, buds and fruits. E. griffithsii 
is also often a small tree with a short stocking of persistent fibrous bark. Individuals of 
E. planipes with smaller buds and fruits have also been confused with E. concintia, 
which is readily distinguished by the 7-flowered inflorescences (see also Table 7). 
Extensive intergradation occurs with £. concinm, with a spectrum of intermediate 
forms, and occasional intermediates are known with E. griffithsii. 
Frequent on red loamy calcareous soils over metamorphics or greenstones, often a 
mallee among woodland trees such as E. torquata Luehm., E. clelandii (Maiden) 
Maiden, £. salmonophloia F. Muell., E. salubris F. Muell., E. oleosa or E. dundasii Maiden, 
with an open shrubby understorey often including Cratystylis and Atriplex spp. 
Distributed across the region south and west of Kalgoorlie, from Norseman to around 
Coolgardie and some distance west of there (Fig. 11). The related E. griffithsii has a 
somewhat more restricted distribution around Kalgoorlie and a little further north. 
Conservation status: not considered to be at risk. 
The epithet is from the Latin planus, flat, and pes, foot, from the distinctively flattened 
pedicel. 
Fig. 11. Distribution of E. corrugate, E. griffithsii, E. planipes, E. trachybasis. 
