Eucalyptus urnigera
Common name: 
Urn Gum
Pronunciation: 
eu-ka-LIP-tus ur-NEE-ger-uh
Family: 
Myrtaceae
Genus: 
Eucalyptus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Evergreen tree, 20-45 ft (6-14 m) tall, fast growing; bark smooth, white-gray or yellow-brown.  Juvenile leaves simple, opposite, sessile, orbicular, pale blue to green, similar color on both sides; adult leaves simple, alternate, 5-9 × 1.2-2.5 cm, lanceolate, acute tip, thick, green or slightly glaucous.  Flowers white, in small clusters.  Fruit urn shaped (urceolate), about 15 × 9 mm.
  • Sun, well-drained soil, light moisture.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 8    Native to southeastern Tasmania, to altitudes about 3,000 ft (900 m).
  • urnigera: urn-bearing, a reference to the urn shaped fruit.
  • Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden.
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  • plant habit

    plant habit

  • branches, adult leaves and leaf

    branches, adult leaves and leaf

  • trunk, bark

    trunk, bark