Eucalyptus arenacea, commonly known as the desert stringybark[1] or sand stringybark,[2] is a tree or a mallee that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough bark to the thinnest branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, club-shaped flower buds arranged in groups of between seven and fifteen, white flowers and hemispherical to more or less spherical fruit.
Eucalyptus arenacea is a tree with several to many stems or a robust mallee, grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous and stringy bark on its trunk and to the thinnest branches. Leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged in opposite pairs and are egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Adult leaves are shiny green, arranged alternately, lance-shaped or curved, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a petioleШаблон:Convert long. The flowers are borne in groups of between seven and fifteen in leaf axils on a peduncleШаблон:Convert long, the individual buds on a pedicelШаблон:Convert long. The mature buds are oval to club-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a rounded or conical operculum. Flowering mainly occurs between December and January and the flowers are white. The fruit is hemispherical to a truncated sphere, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a pedicel up to Шаблон:Convert long.[1][2][3]
