Eucalyptus blakelyi

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderMyrtales
5. FamilyMyrtaceae

Native toNew South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Observations recorded15,565

Trees, to 21 m tall. Bark white or gray with grayish blue, pink, or cream colored patches, smooth, exfoliating. Branchlets slender, ridged. Young leaves opposite, shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate to rounded, 7-10 × 5-7 cm, leathery, glaucescent. Mature leaves with a slender 1.5-2.5 cm petiole; leaf blade lanceolate, 9-18 × 1.5-3 cm, falcate, leathery, secondary veins at an angle of ca. 45° from midvein, intramarginal veins near to margin. Inflorescences axillary, simple, umbels 4-8-flowered; peduncle 1-1.5 cm, slender, terete. Flower buds spindle-shaped, 7-10 × 4-5 mm. Hypanthium semiglobose, 2-3 mm; stipe ca. 3 mm; calyptra long awl-shaped, 5-7 mm. Capsule semiglobose, 5-6 × ca. 5 mm; disk broad; valves 3 or 4, exserted from hypanthium. Fl. Nov-Dec.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

301

With media

59

Family

Myrtaceae

Collections

OBI, MEL

Recorded in

United States, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Eucalyptus

Image

Eucalyptus blakely juvenile leaves.jpg

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