Shape | Weeping. |
Landscape | Ornamental use. |
Propagation | Seed. |
Cultivation | Full sun and partial-shade. Well drained loamy soil and coarse sand. |
Notable Specimens | Kings Park and Botanical Garden, Perth, Australia. |
Habitat | Low woodlands. |
Bark/Stem Description | The trunk has small ridged bark that peels in small curl-like flakes but does not detach from the tree. |
Leaf Description | Adult leaves are disjunct, basally tapered with obscure lateral veins. |
Flower Description | 4 - 5 cm in diameter. Simple axillary conflorescence with 3-flowered umbellasters on terete peduncles. |
Fruit Description | Large, urn-shaped gumnuts that are 30 mm in diameter. |
Colour Description | Young stems, buds and fruit are bluish-green in colour and covered in white bloom. The trunk when mature is deep brown. The foliage is a deep green to dull greyish-green colour with a white bloom. The flowers are a pinkish-red. |
Texture Description | Young stems, leaves, buds and fruit have a waxy appearance. |