Eucalyptus polybractea (Eucalyptus polybractea)
Description
The Blue mallee,Blue-leaved mallee or blue-leaved oil mallee,Eucalyptus polybractea (also formerly E.fruticetorum) is a small multi-trunked sclerophyll tree that grows naturally in western New South Wales around West Wyalong and in Central Victoria Whipstick Scrub north of Bendigo and similar patches of mallee at Inglewood,Wedderburn,Wychitella,St.Arnaud,Rushworth areas in Victoria,Australia.The bark is smooth,and fibrous near the trunk base.Leaves are disjunct and linear to narrow-lanceolate.Juvenile leaves are glaucous,and adult leaves grey-green.Flowers are followed by woody capsules 3–6 mm long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Eucalyptus
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