Scientific Name: Eucalyptus willisii

Common Name: bass peppermint

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Myrtaceae

Form Description: Tree or sometimes a mallee. Leaves: Juvenile – opposite, lanceolate 65-90mm long by 20-30mm wide. Adult – lanceolate 60-160mm long by 8-24mm wide, dull and slightly blue-green. Bark: Rough throughout the tree.

Height (m): 4 – 12

Flowers: Umbels 11-20 flowers – white.

Fruit: Woody capsules cup-shaped to hemispherical, 4-6mm long, 4-6mm wide, disc slightly raised.

Municipality
Flinders
Plant Communities
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Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

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.

Germination Time

2-4 weeks