Eucalyptus lateritica

Eucalyptus lateritica, commonly known as laterite mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It has rough bark on the lower half of the trunk, smooth grey bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of nine or eleven, white flowers and shortened spherical fruit.

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Eucalyptus lateritica is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 2–4 m (6 ft 7 in – 13 ft 1 in) and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth greyish brown bark, usually with rough, corky bark on the lower half of the trunk. Young plants and coppice regrowth have elliptic to lance-shaped leaves that are 70–180 mm (2.8–7.1 in) long, 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) wide and have a petiole. Adult leaves are the same slightly glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped, 70–125 mm (2.8–4.9 in) long and 9–20 mm (0.35–0.79 in) wide on a petiole 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of nine or eleven on an unbranched peduncle 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) long, the individual buds on pedicels 1–7 mm (0.039–0.276 in) long. Mature buds are oval to broadly spindle-shaped, 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) wide with a conical operculum. Flowering occurs between August and October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, shortened spherical capsule 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long and 12–16 mm (0.47–0.63 in) wide with the valves at or below the level of the rim.