#mallet

From "When Magneto Strikes!" in Journey into Mystery #109, October 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Sam Rosen letters.

AKA narrow leaved gimlet or swamp gimlet.

First formally described in 1844 by botanist William Jackson Hooker from specimens collected near the Swan River by James Drummond (them again!). The specific epithet means spoon-like or a broad rounded upper part tapering gradually downward into a stalk, but why Hooker chose that name is a mystery.

Endemic to inland WA, growing in sand, sandy clay over granite, and saline soils, but widely cultivated in southern Australia as a source of fuelwood and craftwood, as an ornamental and as a windbreak, and for apiculture. It's also grown in California. Both drought and frost tolerant and can withstand salt laden winds.