Eucalyptus cinerea
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| Argyle apple, Mealy Stringybark | |
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| Eucalyptus cinerea, centre, Melbourne | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus cinerea |
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| E. cinerea, field distribution | |
Eucalyptus cinerea, commonly known as the Argyle apple or Mealy Stringybark, is a small to medium sized tree with rough bark, persistent on the trunk and larger branches, thick, fibrous, longitudinally furrowed, reddish-brown to grey-brown.
Trees are usually mature in the juvenile leaf phase but can often produce intermediate and adult leaves which are stalked, broad-lanceolate to 11 x 2cm, concolorous, greyish-blue and glaucous.
White flowers appear in mid spring to early summer.
Distribution is typically from north of Bathurst (33° S), in central west New South Wales, to the Beechworth area of Victoria (36° S).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Brooker, I. & Kleinig, D., Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification, Reed Books, Melbourne, 1996
