Mallee to mostly 10 m tall. Bark fibrous below, smooth and grey or pinkish above. Juvenile leaves linear. Adult leaves linear-lanceolate with a hooked tip; blade mostly 6-10 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide, dark green, glossy. Leaf stalk 0.5-1 cm long. Flowers in 7s, common stalk 4-sided, 5-8 mm long, individual stalks 2-4 mm long. Fruits 2-4 mm long, 3-4 mm wide.

Grows naturally in Bendigo area of Vic (cultivated in school grounds and as a street planting), Flinders Ranges of SA, also Qld and NSW.

Vic, NSW, Qld, SA.

Dark green oil-dotted leaves, small fruits, cf. E. pulchella, E. scoparia.

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.