- Eucalyptus woodwardii
taxobox
name = "Eucalyptus woodwardii"
image_caption = "Eucalyptus woodwardii" foliage and buds
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperm s
unranked_classis =Eudicot s
unranked_ordo =Rosid s
ordo =Myrtales
familia =Myrtaceae
genus = "Eucalyptus"
genus_authority = L'Hér.
subdivision_ranks = Species|"Eucalyptus woodwardii", Lemon-flowered mallee also Woodward's blackbutt [Chippendale, G.M. (1973) "Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt)", Canberra. AGPS p.143 ] , 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 5cm, concolorous, dull, grey-green to glaucous. Lemon yellow flowers appear in late winter to late spring.Fruit is bell shaped to 1.5 x 1.4cm"E. woodwardii"s field distribution is limited to east of
Kalgoorlie inWestern 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. [Brooker, I. & Kleinig, D.,(1996) "Eucalyptus, An illustrated guide to identification", Melbourne. Reed Books.]
In the 1970s hybrids between this and coral gum ("E. torquata") called "Torwood" had been developed [Chippendale, G.M. (1973) "Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt)", Canberra. AGPS p.144 ]
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