Eucalyptus L’Hér.
Leaves glaucous; calyptra present Eucalyptus
Leaves on adult plants opposite
Bark smooth, white, shed in ribbons. Straggling shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite throughout, sessile or stem-clasping, 4–6 x 3–4.5 cm, very glaucous, silver-blue. Umbels axillary, 3-flowered. Buds sessile, glaucous; operculum conical, slightly shorter than the floral tube. Fruit sessile, glaucous, usually hemispherical, 10 x 13 mm; disc flat; valves broad, slightly exserted. Upper Cox’s River. Fl. early summer. Silver-leaved Mountain Gum Eucalyptus pulverulenta
Bark fibrous on trunk and main branches, reddish-brown; smaller branches smooth and ribbony. Tree up to 12 m high. Juvenile and most of the adult leaves opposite, sessile or almost so, glaucous, silver-blue, mostly 3.5–4.5 x 3–5.5 cm; adult leaves sometimes alternate and narrower. Umbels axillary, 3-flowered. Buds sessile, glaucous; operculum conical, shorter than floral tube. Fruit sessile, globular to broadly pyriform, 6–10 x 7–10 mm; disc broad, convex; valves usually exserted. South-western part of area. Fl. early summer. Argyle or Broad-leaved Apple, Mealy Stringybark, Blue Peppermint Eucalyptus cinerea