Eucalyptus decurva, commonly known as the slender mallee,[1] is a species of mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth whitish bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, pendulous flower buds arranged in groups of seven, white flowers and pendulous, more or less spherical fruit.
Eucalyptus decurva is a mallee that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. The bark is smooth, white-gray, salmon to yellow-green and sometimes powdery. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull greyish green leaves arranged in opposite pairs, oblong to elliptic or egg-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, glossy green, lance-shaped to curved, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petioleШаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are pendulous and arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven on a peduncleШаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on a pedicelШаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are more or less cylindrical to pear-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering occurs between April and October and the flowers are white to pale pink. The fruit is a pendulous, woody, more or less spherical capsuleШаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2][3]
Slender mallee grows in sandy and lateritic soils in hilly coastal and near-coastal areas, mostly between the Stirling Range and Esperance but with disjunct populations near Perth.[1][3]
