Source:
Centre for Plant and Biodiversity Research, 2006, EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database], National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov
Eucalyptus caesia subsp. magna
Eucalyptus caesia Benth.
magna Brooker & Hopper
Family: Myrtaceae, Subfamily: Myrtoideae, Tribe: Eucalypteae, Genus: Eucalyptus, Subgenus: Symphyomyrtus, Section: Bisectae
Common Name: Silver Princess
Distribution: Western Australia, specimen located Kingston area, Hobart.
General Information: Mallee that grows up to 15 metres. Distinctive glaucous branches and fruit with weeping habit.
Bark: Bark coppery-brown, green.
Leaves: Lanceolate to falcate.
Inflorescences: Auxillary, unbranched, buds pyriform, 3 per umbel,weeping/pendulous, red and glaucous. Flowers pink and red,flowering July & August.
Fruit: Glaucous, barrel-shapped, pendulous.
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