Angophora inopina K.D.Hill APNI* Synonyms: Eucalyptus inopina (K.D.Hill) Brooker APNI*
Description: Tree to 8 m high, often multistemmed; bark persistent, grey, shortly fibrous.
Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, 4–11 cm long, 0.8–2.6 cm wide, apex acute, base acute, glabrous, discolorous, regularly penniveined; petiole 5–8 mm long.
Peduncle 3–17 mm long, hispid; pedicels 7–12 mm long, hispid. Buds globoid, 5–7 mm long, 5–7 mm diam. Petals 3–4 mm wide, 3–4 mm long. Hypanthium ribbed.
Fruit cup-shaped to pyriform, 11–15 mm long, 9–12 mm diam.; disc flat, obscured by rim of hypanthium.
Distribution and occurrence: In open woodland with a dense shrub understorey on deep white sandy soils over sandstone, restricted to the Charmhaven - Wyee area.
NSW subdivisions: CC, NC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
Text by K. Hill (1996) Taxon concept: KD Hill (1996) Telopea 7: 97
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