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Image Credit: Kirrilli Kent – with permission
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Image Credit: Kirrilli Kent – with permission
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Image Credit: Kirrilli Kent – with permission
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Image Credit: Kirrilli Kent – with permission
Scientific Name: Eucalyptus tenuiramis Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region
Common Name: silver peppermint
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Myrtaceae
Form Description: Trees sometimes with pendulous branches. Leaves: Juvenile – fused across the base (except on the Tasman Peninsula), very glaucous. Adult – lanceolate with a hooked tip and very glaucous. Bark: Smooth and steaked light and dark grey.
Height (m): 8 – 25
Flowers: Umbels with 7-23 flowers.
Fruit: Woody capsules – top-shaped, glaucous or green with white speckling.
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Habitat Notes
Occurs mostly on mudstone, uncommon on sandstone, dolerite and granite. Abundant in the south and south-east from sea level to about 500m.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Rocky, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained
General Notes
Some forms are very ornamental with a graceful open crown; thin branches pendulous to ground level almost like a weeping willow. The leaves are silvery. Bird attracting.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collect capsules and store in paper bags until valves open to release seed.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Storage Life
10 years dry stored in refrigerator at 4°C
Seed Treatment Notes
Suitable for direct seeding. Otherwise 6-8 weeks to pricking out.
Germination Time
2-4 weeks