Eucalyptus fruticosa Brooker

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus l'hér.

Characteristics

Shrub to 3 m, straggling. Bark smooth throughout, grey or yellow-grey or some rough at base. Juvenile leaves decussate, sessile or shortly petiolate, elliptic to ovate, glaucous, slightly discolorous. Intermediate leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong to lanceolate; lamina 4.5–9 cm long, 1–1.8 cm wide, yellow-green; lateral veins faint, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 4–6 mm long. Adult leaves not formed, the mature canopy comprising lower juvenile leaves and upper intermediate leaves. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 5–10 mm long; pedicels terete to quadrangular, 1–2 mm long. Buds fusiform; operculum conical or slightly rostrate, 3–4 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical, 4–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits subglobular, 4–5 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; valves exserted.
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Grows on sandy plains and low sandhills in open shrubland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

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Distribution

Eucalyptus fruticosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Eucalyptus fruticosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:592947-1
WFO ID wfo-0000954969
COL ID 3BPYH
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Eucalyptus fruticosa