Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Rank Species | Order Myrtales Genus Eucalyptus | |
Eucalyptus brevistylis, commonly known as Rate's Tingle, is a tree that is native to south-western Western Australia .
The tree typically grows to a height of 20 to 50 metres (66 to 164 ft) with fibrous stringy bark. It blooms for most of the year producing white flowers. Confined to a small area on the south coast where the South West meets the Great Southern region it grows in sandy loamy soils.
Rate's Tingle and Red Tingle, Eucalyptus jacksonii, are closely related both of which can be up to 400 years.
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ian Brooker in 1974 in the article Six new species of Eucalyptus from Western Australia in the journal Nuytsia. The samples were collected by Bruce Maslin approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north east of Walpole.