Small tree or shrub to 3 m tall. Bark greyish white, smooth throughout. Adult leaves elliptic to lanceolate, long-pointed. Blade mostly 5-10 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, grey-green, glossy. Leaf stalk flattened, mostly 1-1.5 cm long. Flowers 7-13 in group, with common stalk 2-3 cm long. Fruits mostly 1-1.5 cm long,1.5-2 cm wide, sometimes ribbed; valves protruding.

Grows naturally in lower shrublands on and near the Stirling Ranges. Used as a street tree in Melbourne.

WA.

Similar to E. cornuta but smaller, with smooth bark, stalkless flowers and larger fruits.

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.