Mallee or small tree to 8 m tall. Bark smooth throughout, greenish grey to reddish brown, sometimes with a sock of bark at the base. Juvenile leaves opposite, stalkless, round, joined together at the base, waxy-blue, often remaining on the mature plant, sometimes become detached in centre and spinning in wind, hence common name. Adult leaves only in upper canopy, alternate to more or less opposite, lanceolate; blade 8-13 cm long, 1.2-2.5 cm wide. Leaf stalk cylindrical or flattened 1-1.5 cm long. Flowers creamy white, in 3s; Jan-Mar. On cylindrical common waxy-white stalks 2-5 mm long; individual flower stalks absent or less than 2 mm long. Fruits 5-7 mm long and wide.
Grows naturally in montane woodland and slopes.
Vic, Tas, NSW.
Closely related to E. cordata and E. pulverulenta but with straggly habit; persisting juvenile leaves fused at the base; short flower cluster stalk.
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.