Small tree or mallee. Bark smooth throughout, grey or coppery. Juvenile leaves opposite, stalked, stem-clasping, waxy-white, round to ovate and persisting on the mature branches. Adult leaves rarely developed, alternate, lanceolate; blade 5-10 cm long,mostly 1-2 cm wide. Leaf stalk 10-18 mm long. Flowers white, in 3s, common stalk cylindrical, 5-8 mm long, individual stalks absent; Sept-Nov. Fruits 5-9 mm long, 6-10 mm wide.
Grows naturally in montane regions in a few localities in the C and S Tablelands of NSW.
NSW.
Similar to its close relatives, E. cordata and E. perriniana. The former has larger fruits 10-13 mm long while the latter has a common flower stalk 2-5 mm long.
ACT: Griffith (Captain Cook Crt, Austin St).
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.