Eucalyptus gardneri Maiden

Tree to 9 m high. Bark light brown to grey. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 7–9 cm long, 0.8–2 cm wide, blue-green; lateral veins faint, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein faint, up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle 10–15 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Buds narrowly horn-shaped; operculum 10–15 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, uncinate; hypanthium obconical, 4–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits pyriform or cylindrical, 7–8 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; disc descending; valves level. [For more recent description see subspecies profiles-Editor]

Grows often in thickets, but also in woodland on gravelly or sandy loam plains. [Chippendale 1988: 228] Usually occurs on lateritic ridges or slopes.