About Eucalyptus pulverulenta Sims
Eucalyptus pulverulenta Sims is a straggly tree or mallee that forms a lignotuber. It typically reaches a height of 5 metres (16 feet) when growing as a mallee, or up to 9 metres (30 feet) when growing as a tree. It has smooth bark that ranges in color from greenish to grey or brown, and bark sometimes hangs from the trunk in short ribbons. Almost all leaves in the tree's crown are juvenile leaves. These juvenile leaves are egg-shaped to round or heart-shaped, glaucous, sessile, 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) long, 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) wide, and arranged in opposite pairs. Flower buds are grouped in clusters of three in leaf axils, growing on an unbranched peduncle 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long. Individual buds are either sessile, or borne on pedicels up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Mature buds are glaucous, oval to diamond-shaped, 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide, with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering occurs between May and November, and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody capsule that is cup-shaped to cylindrical, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) wide, with valves positioned near the rim of the capsule. This species, commonly called silver-leaved mountain gum, is only known from a small number of scattered populations on the Central and Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, between Bathurst and Bombala. It grows in grassy woodland on hillsides and mountains. A dwarf cultivar of Eucalyptus pulverulenta known as 'Baby Blue' is used in horticulture.
