Eucalyptus woodwardii

Eucalyptus woodwardii
Eucalyptus woodwardii foliage and buds
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species: E. woodwardii
Binomial name
Eucalyptus woodwardii
E. woodwardii, field distribution

Eucalyptus woodwardii, lemon-flowered mallee also Woodward's blackbutt,[1] is a small tree or mallee with smooth, white, pink, greenish or light copper coloured bark that sheds in ribbons. Juvenile leaves are stalked, ovate to broad-lanceolate to elliptical, to 18 x 9 cm. Adult leaves are stalked, broad-lanceolate, 18 x 5 cm, concolorous, dull, grey-green to glaucous. Lemon yellow flowers appear in late winter to late spring. Fruit is bell shaped to 1.5 x 1.4 cm

E. woodwardii's field distribution is limited to east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in the Karonie area, and with sand or deep sandy loam.

The tree is a very popular ornamental in southern Australia due to its attractive, large, lemon-yellow flowers.[2]

In the 1970s hybrids between this and coral gum (E. torquata) called Torwood had been developed [3]

References

  1. Chippendale, G.M. (1973) Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt), Canberra. AGPS p.143
  2. Brooker, I. & Kleinig, D.,(1996) Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification, Melbourne. Reed Books.
  3. Chippendale, G.M. (1973) Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt), Canberra. AGPS p.144


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