Mallee, or small tree branching near the base, to 7 m tall. Branchlets, buds and fruit glaucous. Juvenile leaves to 8 cm long, 2.5 cm wide; adult leaves to 10 cm long; buds on slender pedicels. Fruit to 1 cm long, 0.8 cm diam. Flowers Dec.–Feb.
GipP, Gold, CVU, GGr, NIS, HSF, HNF, VAlp. Also NSW, ACT. Occurs only at the upper altitudinal limit for tree growth, e.g. Mt Hotham, Mt Bogong, Mt Torbreck, Mt Wellington.
Source:
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.
