Kingdom Plantae Family Myrtaceae Rank Species | Order Myrtales Genus Eucalyptus | |
Similar Eucalyptus gillii, Eucalyptus albopurpurea, Eucalyptus gamophylla, Eucalyptus orbifolia, Eucalyptus accedens | ||
Eucalyptus albida also known as the white-leaved mallee is a tree that is native to Western Australia. Florists also refer to the plant as the rustle gum.
The tree typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 4 metres (5 to 10 ft) and has white or greenish grey bark.
Adult leaves are 5 to 10 centimetres (2 to 4 in) in length and have a dark green lanceolate blade.
The tree blooms between November and January producing creamy-white round flowers, that are popular in dried flower arrangements.
Found commonly through the inland portion of Southwest Australia, particularly in the southern Wheatbelt, it is an emergent mallee in heath that grows on white sands and in areas of gravel and laterite. The plant is drought and frost resistant.
The species was first formally described by the botanists Joseph Maiden and William Blakely in 1925 in the work Descriptions of Sixteen New Species of Eucalyptus in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.