Eucalyptus rodwayi

Eucalyptus rodwayi, commonly known as the swamp peppermint, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Tasmania. It has rough, fibrous to flaky bark on the trunk and branches, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and conical to hemispherical fruit.
Description.
"Eucalyptus rodwayi" is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, greyish fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have lance-shaped to elliptical leaves long and wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of glossy green on both sides, narrow lance-shaped or curved, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven, nine or eleven on a peduncle long, the individual flowers on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, long and wide with a conical operculum about equal in length to the floral cup. Flowering occurs between December and March and the flowers are white. The fruit is a conical to hemispherical capsule long and wide with the valves near rim level.
Taxonomy and naming.
"Eucalyptus rodwayi" was first formally described in 1902 by Richard Thomas Baker and Henry George Smith in their book "A research on the eucalypts of Tasmania and their essential oils". The specific epithet ("rodwayi") honours Leonard Rodway for his contribution to botanical research in Tasmania.
Distribution and habitat.
Swamp peppermint grows in poorly-drained areas in valleys from the central plateau to the east coast of Tasmania.