Eucalyptus nicholii

Narrow-leaved black peppermint, willow peppermint
Eucalyptus nicholii, Box Hill, Melbourne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	E. nicholii
Binomial name
Eucalyptus nicholii
E. nicholii , field distribution

Eucalyptus nicholii, narrow-leaved black peppermint or willow peppermint, is a small to medium-sized tree with rough bark, persistent to small branches. The bark is fibrous, coarsely fissured longitudinally, yellowish-brown to grey-brown with red-brown underlayers.

Adult leaves are stalked, narrow-lanceolate, to 13–12 cm long, 1 cm wide, concolorous and dull, grey-green.

White flowers appear in late summer to early autumn.

Distribution is of limited occurrence on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, particularly in the Walcha, to Tenterfield, area and to the east. This tree is very widely planted as an ornamental in south-eastern Australia, the fine, dense foliage being particularly attractive.^[1]

References

1. Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. Field Guide to Eucalyptus, Bloomings, Melbourne 2001