Eucalyptus morrisbyi

Botanical Name:  Eucalyptus morrisbyi
Common Name:  Morrisby's Gum
Family:  Myrtaceae
Size:  6-15m

Leaves: Juvenile – stalkless, rounded, wider than long with heart shaped base and slightly scalloped edge; adult – ovate/lanceolate, glaucous, to 10cm long.
Flowers: The flower buds are arranged in groups of three in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle 4–10 mm long, the individual buds sessile or on pedicels up to 5 mm long. Mature buds are pear-shaped to oval, 7–8 mm long and 5–6 mm wide with a conical to beaked operculum.
Flowering Time:  Summer/autumn
Fruit: Cylindrical to 10mm wide, valves below rim.

Habitat/distribution: Restricted to a few locations near Hobart, sea level to 80m. Rare and threatened.
Where to See: Grows in dry woodland, mostly in gullies between hilly slopes, and mostly in relatively pure stands.
Other notes: Named after John Robert Morrisby (1832–1923). John Morrisby was a farmer in the Sandford district of Tasmania, where this species grows naturally. Morrisby collected seed and planted more of it on his farm.