Large spreading tree to 40 m tall; suckers present, often forming thickets. Leaves usually broadly ovate, 6–15 cm long; upper surface glossy green, smooth to scabrous, glabrescent; apex acuminate; base oblique, cuneate; margins double-serrate; veins 10–18; petiole 6–20 mm long; stipules linear or lanceolate, 5–10 mm long. Fruit a flat, orbicular samara, 10–20 mm wide, broadly winged. Flowers winter–spring.
VVP, GipP, OtP, HSF, HNF. Also naturalised SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe. Widely planted, naturalised in Victoria, populations often consisting of suckers from nearby planted parent trees.
Thought to be a hybrid between Ulmus glabra Hudson and Ulmus minor Miller.
