Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, NSW

Buds and flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, NSW

Mallees. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Brooker & Kleinig, unknown site

Common Name

Blue-leaved Mallee, Murraylands Mallee, Blue Mallee, Ghost Mallee

Family

Myrtaceae

Notes

Mallee to 6m tall.  Bark smooth or with a ragged stocking of partially shed strips at the base or a fibrous base.  Smooth bark sometimes orange-borwn.  Branchlets with oil glands in the pith.  Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternating up the stems, 7-16cm long, 17-35mm wide, flat, hairless, dull, grey-blue to glaucous.  Flowers white to cream, with 0 petals, in clusters of 7-11 at the bases of the leaves.  Bud caps shorter than the base.  Buds & nuts often with longitudinal lines or ribs.  Nut valves not very noticeable.  Rare Vic.

Description and photographs in the DVD/thumb drive Euclid

eFlora of South Australia description:   http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Eucalyptus_cyanophylla