Eucalyptus woodwardii
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Eucalyptus woodwardii, lemon-flowered mallee also Woodward's blackbutt,[1] is a small tree or mallee with smooth, white, pink, greenish or light copper coloured bark that sheds in ribbons. Juvenile leaves are stalked, ovate to broad-lanceolate to elliptical, to 18 x 9 cm. Adult leaves are stalked, broad-lanceolate, 18 x 5 cm, concolorous, dull, grey-green to glaucous. Lemon yellow flowers appear in late winter to late spring. Fruit is bell shaped to 1.5 x 1.4 cm
E. woodwardii's field distribution is limited to east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in the Karonie area, and with sand or deep sandy loam.
The tree is a very popular ornamental in southern Australia due to its attractive, large, lemon-yellow flowers.[2]
In the 1970s hybrids between this and coral gum (E. torquata) called Torwood had been developed [3]
References
- ^ Chippendale, G.M. (1973) Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt), Canberra. AGPS p.143
- ^ Brooker, I. & Kleinig, D.,(1996) Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification, Melbourne. Reed Books.
- ^ Chippendale, G.M. (1973) Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt), Canberra. AGPS p.144
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