Eucalyptus discreta Brooker

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Shrub or mallee to 3 m. Bark smooth throughout, grey-brown or bronze. Juvenile leaves decussate, linear-oblong, green, concolorous. Adult leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, thick, lamina 6–8 cm long, 0.6–1 cm wide, green to yellow-green; lateral veins faint, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 6–10 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened, 5–8 mm long; pedicels quadrangular, 1–2 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum saucer-shaped or depressed hemispherical, 1–2 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium obconical or subcylindrical, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits ovoid, 5–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; valves included.
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Growth support free-standing
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Grows in open shrubland on sandplains.
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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus discreta world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Eucalyptus discreta threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:592882-1
WFO ID wfo-0000954821
COL ID 6GSMZ
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus discreta