Eucalyptus caesia
Silver princess · also Caesia, Gungurru, Blue-gray eucalyptus
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Eucalyptus caesia is a mallee with smooth reddish-brown bark that sheds in curling flakes, revealing green and yellow-brown beneath, and has dull gray, lance-shaped leaves with drooping slender branches. It produces vibrant, showy pink-red flowers with yellow-tipped stamens from late winter to early spring, followed by urn-shaped fruit. Endemic to the granite woodlands of Southwest Western Australia, this drought-tolerant tree is well-suited for Mediterranean climates and makes a striking ornamental focal point.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 480.03%—1.9 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Aug, Sep, Oct
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.9 in, mean 2.2 in, 90th percentile 3.8 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Esperance mallee
- Eyre and York mallee
- Hampton mallee and woodlands
- Southwest Australia savanna
- Southwest Australia woodlands
Other Eucalyptus in the catalogue
57 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
