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Silver Box

Family: Myrtaceae

Genus: Eucalyptus

Species: pruinosa

Main Flower Colour: Cream

Description

A small tree with rough box-type bark. Adult leaves retain their juvenile form, they are large about 15x8cm, waxy-grey (glaucous) and the same colour on both sides, opposite and sessile. Flower buds in terminal panicles, buds grey-glaucous. Operculum conical, flowers cream with anthers tinged with pink.

Widespread in northern Australia Mt Isa west to the central Kimberley.

Flowering start in June.

Identification

The main flower colour is cream.

References

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5753

Field Guide to Eucalypts. Vol 3. Brooker and Kleinig

Created: 31 Dec 2014 - Member - John and Val
Updated: 04 Jan 2015 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Gulf Plains (GUP), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU)

Region Specifics

S. section of Gregory National Park, NT, near Humbert River.

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