Blue-Leaf Stringybark

Description

Blue-leaved stringybark has thick, fibrous stringy bark usually colored grey over reddish brown. From a distance the leaves appear a bluish/green colour. As with many stringybarks, the gumnuts are crowded together without stems. Globose in shape with a very small opening, around 5 mm by 8 mm wide. Flowering takes place from March till August, the white flowers measuring around 1.5 cm (0.6 in) in diameter. Leaves are alternate on the stem, not in any particular pattern. 7 to 14 cm long, 1.3 to 3 cm wide. They are green or grey-green, perhaps with a glossy sheen, and show up as almost blue when looking above at the foliage. The leaves are the same colour on both sides. The stringybark is a small to tall tree up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall and a metre wide at the base. It occurs in areas of eastern central and southern New South Wales, and is distributed as far north as Wauchope,to just south of the Victorian border into Croajingolong National Park.