Eucalyptus dalrympleana

Mountain white gum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. dalrympleana
Binomial name
Eucalyptus dalrympleana

Eucalyptus dalrympleana, commonly known as broad-leaved kindlingbark[1] or mountain white gum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to southeastern Australia. It is a fast-growing evergreen tree growing to 50 m (164 ft) in favourable conditions, but much smaller in poor soils. Other common names include broad-leaved ribbon gum, mountain gum, seven-flowered mountain gum.[2] The bark is smooth, darkening to salmon pink or light brown before flaking off to reveal new pure white bark. The flowers are white, in umbels of three and are a good source of honey in summer. The blue-green leaves are strongly aromatic, as with most eucalypti.[3]

The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. In cultivation in the UK it is fully hardy down to −15 °C (5 °F) but prefers some shelter. It grows best in full sun. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Eucalyptus dalrympleana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Eucalyptus dalrympleana AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 36. Retrieved 18 February 2018.


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