Flowers (flower with outer row of non-fertile stamens ringed). Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flower buds, gum nuts, and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Mallee. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Yorrell; White Mallee

Family

Myrtaceae

Notes

Mallee or tree to 15m tall.  Bark rough below, smooth above, rarely smooth throughout.  No oil glands in the branchlet pith.  Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternating up the stems, 4.5-11cm long, 4-18mm wide, flat, hairless, glossy green.  Flowers white, with 0 petals, and 2 rows of stamens, the outer ring not producing pollen, in clusters of 3-11 flowers at the bases of the leaves.  Bud caps shorter than the base.  Nut valves not very noticeable. 

Description and photo (pages 530-531) and line drawing of bud and nut (Fig. 57i page 531) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

Description and photographs in the DVD/thumb drive Euclid

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~gracilis