Tree to 20 m or so tall (occasionally a mallee to 10 m). Bark rough, deeply fissured, grey to black, smooth and grey on upper small branches. Juvenile leaves round, alternate, stalked. Adult leaves lanceolate, mostly 9-14 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, greygreen, shiny with conspicuous fine veins. Leaf stalk flattened or grooved, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Flowers in clusters of mostly 11-15, common stalk mostly 2-3 cm long, individual stalks absent. Fruits clustered together, 7-12 mm wide.
Grows naturally in open forest on the coast and in valleys, hills and outcrops of SW Australia. Popular as a street tree but also used in parks and farms.
WA.
Hard, furrowed bark; leaves with conspicuous fine veins; flowers 11-15 per cluster; flower buds long, horned; fruits with extended valves at the tip.
Source: (2002). Eucalyptus. In: . 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.