Eucalyptus dawsonii, known as slaty gum[1] or slaty box,[2] is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It has smooth, white, grey or yellow bark, sometimes with a short stocking of rough, flaky bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven on a branching inflorescence, white flowers and conical to barrel-shaped fruit.
Eucalyptus dawsonii is a tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth white, grey or yellow bark that is shred in short ribbons, sometimes with a short stocking of rough, flaky greyish bark. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull bluish green, more or less round or triangular leaves Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved, the same dull colour on both surfaces, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petioleШаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged on a branching peduncleШаблон:Cvt long, each branch with a group of seven buds, the individual buds on a pedicelШаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and glaucous with a conical operculum. Flowering has been observed in March and November and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody conical to barrel-shaped capsuleШаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a pedicel up to Шаблон:Cvt long and with the valves near rim level or enclosed in the fruit.[1][2][3][4]
