Eucalyptus drummondii, commonly known as Drummond's gum[1] or Drummond's mallee,[2] is a species of mallee or tree that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, narrow elliptical to egg-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.
Eucalyptus drummondii is a mallee that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt or sometimes a tree to Шаблон:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, powdery bark that is white, pink or grey in colour. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves arranged alternately, egg-shaped to more or less round, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Adult leaves are grey-green in colour, narrow elliptical to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petioleШаблон:Cvt long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncleШаблон:Cvt long, the individual buds on a pedicelШаблон:Cvt long. Mature buds are oval, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a conical to rounded operculum with a small point on the top. Flowering mainly occurs from September to December and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, hemispherical capsuleШаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with the valves extending beyond the level of the rim.[1][2][3][4]
