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