Eucalyptus burdettiana

Description

The mallee typically grows to a height of 1 to 4 metres (3 to 13 ft) and has smooth bark.It produces green-yellow flowers irregularly through the year.The mallee is mostly multi-stemmed with smooth dark grey over dark orange coloured bark.The adult leaves are a glossy green to blue-green colour.The leaf blade has length of 6 to 9 centimetres (2.4 to 3.5 in) long and a width of 1 to 1.7 cm (0.39 to 0.67 in) with a dense vein network and numerous oil glands.Buds form and are 4 to 5 cm (1.57 to 1.97 in) in length and 0.7 to 1 cm (0.28 to 0.39 in) wide.Inflorescences form sessile clusters of seven to eleven flowers on a flattened peduncle mostl often between January and March or July and August.It is closely related to the Beaufort Inlet Mallee (Eucalyptus newbeyi).