Eucalyptus websteriana

Eucalyptus websteriana, commonly known as Webster's mallee, heart-leaf mallee or dainty mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It has reddish minni ritchi bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped to heart-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, pale cream-coloured to yellow flowers and usually hemispherical fruit.

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Eucalyptus websteriana is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 4–5 m (13–16 ft) with a spreading habit, and forms a lignotuber. It has reddish brown minni ritchi bark on the trunk and branches. The adult leaves have a distinctive heart shape and the tree has a compact crown, providing lightly dappled shade that benefits plants in the undergrowth. The leaves are the same shade of greyish green on both sides, 18–45 mm (0.71–1.77 in) long and 9–30 mm (0.35–1.18 in) wide, tapering to a petiole 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven on an unbranched peduncle 9–12 mm (0.35–0.47 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long. Mature buds are spherical, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide with a rounded operculum that has a small point on the top. Flowering occurs from July to November and the flowers are pale cream-coloured to yellow. The fruit is a woody hemispherical, sometimes conical, capsule 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) wide with the valves protruding prominently.