Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. hedraia
Mallee or small tree to 10 m tall, often branching near base. Branchlets often glaucous. Juvenile leaves more or less orbicular to broadly ovate, to 12 cm long, 6 cm wide, glaucous; adult leaves to 16 cm long, 3 cm wide; buds sessile, ovoid to oblong, slightly angular, glaucous, to 0.8 cm long, 0.7 cm diam. Fruit to 1.3 cm long, 1.5 cm diam. Flowers mainly Dec.–Feb.
VAlp. Endemic to Victoria. Restricted to Falls Greek, the Bogong High Plains and peaks near to and including Mt Bogong.
Buds are less angular than those of subsp. debeuzevillei, which is restricted to the alps of New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Mt Buffalo in Victoria.
Brooker, M.I.H.; Slee, A.V. (1996). Eucalyptus. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 946–1009. Inkata Press, Melbourne.