Eucalyptus bakeri Maiden

Mallee to 6 m or tree to 12 m. Bark fibrous, grey-brown on trunk, and smooth, white, yellow or blue-green above. Juvenile leaves petiolate, linear or narrowly lanceolate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate; lamina 7.5–9 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide, green or yellow-green; lateral veins faint, at 35°–45°; intramarginal vein almost confluent with margin; petiole terete, 2–10 mm long. Umbels 7–13-flowered; peduncle terete, 5–15 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Buds cylindrical or narrowly ovoid; operculum 4–6 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; hypanthium 2–3 mm long and wide. Fruits 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; disc level or slightly ascending.

Abundant but highly localized, in shrubland on shallow sandy soils. Gentle rises on poor sandy or stony soils, often forming a distinct mallee community.

Can be grown by seedlings.