Eucalyptus blakelyi
Common name: 
Blakely's Red Eucalyptus
Blakely's Red Gum
Forest Red Gum
Pronunciation: 
eu-ka-LIP-tus
Family: 
Myrtaceae
Genus: 
Eucalyptus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Evergreen tree, single trunk, to about 80 ft (25 m) tall, bark smooth, patches of white, gray, blue-gray, pink, or cream-yellow.  Juvenile leaves alternate, ovate to suborbicular; adult leaves alternate, simple, lanceolate, 9-16 cm × 1-2 cm, apex acuminate, margin entire, petiole 15-22 mm long.  Flowers about 1.5 cm diameter, white or pink, in 7-11 flowered axillary clusters (umbels), buds conical.
  • Sun
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 8    Native to Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland).
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