EucalyptusEucalyptus Index Corymbia aparrerinja (Ghost Gum) Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum) Eucalyptus erythrocorys (Red-capped Gum) Eucalyptus gamophylla (Blue Mallee) Eucalyptus infera (Durikai Mallee) Eucalyptus orbifolia (Round Leaf Mallee) Eucalyptus pachyphylla (Red-bud Mallee) Eucalyptus platypus (Coastal Moort) Eucalyptus woodwardii (Lemon-flowered Gum)
A medium-sized eucalypt, the Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii) has a smooth bark that is grey to white, pink, greenish or light copper in colour. It sheds it’s bark in ribbons, and in the gum pictured here, reveals a salmon-pink underneath.
Endemic to the east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, this drought tolerant tree can survive in arid conditions. It is a popular planting for gardens and street verges, this eucalypt has large, lemon-yellow flowers, that hang in a cascades with the weeping foliage.
It is a popular tree that attracts the birds and bees.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Myrtales
- Family: Myrtaceae
- Genus: Eucalyptus
- Species: Eucalyptus woodwardii
Footnote & References
- Eucalyptus woodwardii, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_woodwardii (last visited Aug. 17, 2022).
EucalyptusEucalyptus Index Corymbia aparrerinja (Ghost Gum) Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum) Eucalyptus erythrocorys (Red-capped Gum) Eucalyptus gamophylla (Blue Mallee) Eucalyptus infera (Durikai Mallee) Eucalyptus orbifolia (Round Leaf Mallee) Eucalyptus pachyphylla (Red-bud Mallee) Eucalyptus platypus (Coastal Moort) Eucalyptus woodwardii (Lemon-flowered Gum)
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