Eucalyptus forresterae
Molyneux & RuleMallee to 5 m tall, with dense, congested canopy; bark smooth throughout, whitish or grey, sometimes greenish above. Juvenile leaves sessile, opposite for many pairs, orbicular to cordate, to 4 cm long and wide, initially glaucous; adult leaves petiolate, alternate, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 4–6 cm long, 1.2–2 cm wide, concolorous, glossy, green, olive-green or blue-green; with 3 main veins and sparse reticulation. Inflorescences axillary, unbranched; peduncles to 0.3 cm long, 11–21-flowered; buds in stellate clusters, sessile, fusiform, to 0.6 cm long, 0.2 cm diam., no scar (single operculum); operculum acutely conical; stamens irregularly flexed; anthers dorsifixed, reniform; ovules in 2 vertical rows; flowers white. Fruit sessile, cupular to truncate-globose, to 0.4 cm long, 0.35 cm diam.; disc slightly descending; valves 3; below rim; seed blackish, cuboid or pyramidal but distorted by one curved face, hilum terminal. Flowers summer.
EGU, VAlp. Also NSW. In Victoria, restricted to a few high, rocky sites south of the Cobberas, in the upper catchment of the Buchan River (Native Dog Flat and Brumby Point areas) above c. 1200 m alt.
Similar to, and sometimes growing in close proximity with Eucalyptus stellulata, which is distinguished from E. forresterae by the generally non-mallee habit, less congested crown, trunk usually with a persistent basal stocking of blackish, cracking bark, larger, relatively sparse, greenish juvenile leaves (to 7 cm long and wide), lustrous, green, semi-pendulous adult leaves with relatively long petioles, and generally larger buds and fruits. Eucalyptus stellulata is widespread in the alps and subalps where largely restricted to moist, cool-air drainage areas.
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