Eucalyptus gardneri Maiden

Blue Mallet

Tree mostly 7-9 m tall. Bark brownish grey. Leaves lanceolate with a slightly hooked tip; blade 7-9 cm long, mostly 1-2 cm wide. Leaf stalk 1-1.5 cm long, cylindrical. Flowers 7-11 in a group, pale yellow; common stalk 1-1.5 cm long, individual stalks mostly 2 mm long. Flower buds with long-pointed caps 1-1.5 cm long. Fruits 7-8 mm long, 5-6 mm wide.

Fairly widespread in the wild in SW WA on gravel or sand. Grown along highways in W of Vic.

WA.

Bluish leaves; horned flower buds.

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.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Myrtales
family       Myrtaceae
genus        Eucalyptus L'Hér.