Tree to 20 m or more tall. Bark smooth throughout, pinkish orange to grey and brown. Juvenile leaves ovate. Adult leaves lanceolate, thick; blade mostly 8-20 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, green. Leaf stalk mostly 1.5-2.5 cm long. Flowers in 7s, common stalk 0.5-2 cm long, individual stalks 2-5 mm long. Ffruits 5-9 mm long and wide.

Grows naturally in S Qld and N NSW, mostly on tablelands and in open forest; the tablelands form has exceptionally glaucous stems and buds.

NSW, Qld.

Source: Spencer, R.; Rule, K. (2002). Eucalyptus. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.