Eucalyptus assimilans
Eucalyptus assimilans is a tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth white or greyish bark shed in long ribbons, lance-shaped and curved leaves, buds in groups of seven in leaf axils and conical fruit. Description Eucalyptus assimilans is a tree that typically grows to a height of . It has smooth white or greyish bark on the trunk and branches, that is shed in long, wide pale brown strips. The bark, leaves and flower buds are covered with a greyish, powdery bloom. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, tapered, long, wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in group of seven in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual flowers on a pedicel long. Mature buds are oval, about long and wide with a conical operculum slightly shorter the floral cup. The fruit is a woody, conical capsule long, wide. Taxonomy and naming Eucalyptus assimilans was first formally described in 2001 by Lawrie Johnston and Ken Hill. The specific epithet (assimilans) is a Latin word meaning "making like", referring to the similarity of this species to E. sheathiana. Distribution This eucalypt grows sporadically