''Eucalyptus woodwardii'', commonly known as lemon-flowered gum and also Woodward's blackbutt, is a small tree or mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. The

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name for the tree is Gungurra.

Description

The tree typically grows to a height of and a canopy that spreads to over . It has smooth, white, pink, greenish or light copper coloured bark that sheds in ribbons. Juvenile leaves are stalked, ovate to broad-lanceolate to elliptical, to 18 x 9 cm. Adult leaves have a disjunct arrangement and are stalked. The leaf blade has a broad-

lanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

shape, basally tapered and are about in length and wide. Leaves are dull, grey-green to glaucous and concolorous. Lemon yellow flowers appear in late winter to late spring. Each axillary, simple conflorescence has three to seven flowered umbellasters on terete peduncles. The buds have a rostrate or urceolate appearance with a calyx calyptrate that sheds early. The

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

is bell or urceolate shaped that are about long and wide. Fruits have depressed discs and enclosed valves and contain red coloured seeds that are linear and cuboid.

Taxonomy

''Eucalyptus woodwardii'' was first formally described in 1910 by the

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

Joseph Maiden Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing ...

in the '' Journal and proceedings of the Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia''. The type specimens were collected by the surveyor Henry Deane in 1909 from along the

Trans-Australian Railway The Trans-Australian Railway, opened in 1917, runs from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, crossing the Nullarbor Plain in the process. As the only rail freight corridor between Western Australia and the easter ...

line about east of

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Distribution

Lemon-flowered gum is found on flats and rises with a field distribution that is limited to east of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

in the Karonie area, and with sand or deep sandy loam.

Cultivation

The tree is a very popular ornamental in southern Australia due to its attractive, large, lemon-yellow flowers. The cascades of yellow flowers, grey weeping foliage makes the drought tolerant tree suitable for many gardens. It is also frost tolerant and attracts bees and birds. Used as a privacy screening plant or a feature plant it has a medium growth rate and requires little pruning. It is commercially available in seed or as

tubestock Tubestock is the plural term for young plants which have been grown to the point where they are ready for either planting out in the field or potting on to larger pot sizes. Smaller, shallower pots (approx. 50mm in diameter x 80mm deep) are usually ...

. In the 1970s hybrids between this and coral gum ('' E. torquata'') called ''Torwood'' had been developed.Chippendale, G.M. (1973) ''Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields (and the adjacent wheatbelt)'', Canberra. AGPS p.144

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5405731 woodwardii Eucalypts of Western Australia Myrtales of Australia Plants described in 1910 Taxa named by Joseph Maiden