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Eucalyptus woodwardii

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Eucalyptus woodwardii Eucalyptus woodwardii Maiden FloraBase Flora of Western Australia

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Eugenia victoriana, Nylandtia, Alberta magna, Dombeya rotundifolia, Dais cotinifolia

Eucalyptus woodwardii, lemon-flowered mallee also Woodward's blackbutt, is a small tree or mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the tree is Gungurra.

Eucalyptus woodwardii Flickriver Photoset 39Eucalyptus woodwardii39 by expom2uk

The tree typically grows to a height of 6 to 15 metres (20 to 49 ft) and has 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

Eucalyptus woodwardii Eucalyptus woodwardii Flickr

E. woodwardii' is found on flats and rises with a field distribution that is limited to east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in the Karonie area, and with sand or deep sandy loam.

Eucalyptus woodwardii Eucalyptus woodwardii Best viewed all sizes Flickr

The tree is a very popular ornamental in southern Australia due to its attractive, large, lemon-yellow flowers.

In the 1970s hybrids between this and coral gum (E. torquata) called Torwood had been developed

Eucalyptus woodwardii Eucalyptus woodwardii Photographer Ivan Holliday Flickr

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Eucalyptus woodwardii Wikipedia


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