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Eucalyptus approximans Maiden
Family Myrtaceae
Common name: Barren Mountain mallee

Eucalyptus approximans Maiden APNI*

Description: Mallee to 5 m high; bark smooth, white, green or grey, shedding in ribbons.

Juvenile leaves disjunct, lanceolate, glossy green.

Adult leaves disjunct, narrow-lanceolate, 7–10 cm long, 0.6–0.9 cm wide, green, glossy, concolorous. Umbellasters 7-flowered; peduncle terete, 4–10 mm long; pedicels terete, 1–4 mm long. Buds clavate, 3–6 mm long, 3–4 mm diam., scar absent; calyptra hemispherical, shorter than and as wide as hypanthium, minutely warty.

Fruit cylindrical or hemispherical, 7–9 mm long, 6–8 mm diam.; disc flat; valves enclosed.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Habit
Photo A.E. Orme

Flower
Photo A.E. Orme

Fruit
Photo A.E. Orme

Other photo
Photo A.E. Orme

Type
Specimen

Distribution and occurrence: Known from a single stand, in mallee shrubland on skeletal soil on trachyte in Dorrigo area.
NSW subdivisions: NT
AVH map***

This species was previously listed as Vulnerable in N.S.W. It was delisted on 30 June 2023 following further data and field assessments. it is now considered least concern.

Text by K. Hill
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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