Narrow-trunked tree to mostly 5 m tall. Juvenile leaves ovate. Adult leaves ovate to lanceolate; blade 6-8 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, glossy, dark green. Leaf stalk 4-sided, mostly 14-16 mm long. Flowers pale yellow, solitary, the common stalk swollen, flattened and curved; Jan-May. Fruits with 6-10 ribs, 2.5-3.5 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide. Syn. E. forrestiana Diels subsp. stoatei C.A. Gardner.

Grows naturally in sandy heathland in SC WA near Jerdacuttup River.

WA.

Distinguished from E. forrestiana by the large, 6-10-ribbed buds and fruits.

 VIC: Wail (near Horsham, Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nsy Arboretum).

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.