Eucalyptus haemastoma

Scribbly gum
Eucalyptus haemastoma in the Royal National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Eucalyptus
Species:
E. haemastoma
Binomial name
Eucalyptus haemastoma
Eucalyptus haemastoma, field distribution

Eucalyptus haemastoma, commonly known as scribbly gum,[2] is a species of tree that is endemic to the Sydney region. It has white or silvery grey bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and fifteen, white flowers and conical or hemispherical fruit. It is one of several eucalypts with prominent and differing insect scribbles in the bark, caused by the larvae of Ogmograptis, (and in the case of E. haemostoma - probably O. racemosa).[3]

bark of E. haemastoma at Picnic Point
flower buds
fruit
  1. ^ "Eucalyptus haemastoma". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Eucalyptus haemastoma". Euclid: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ Horak, M.; Day, M. F.; Barlow, C.; Edwards, E. D.; Su, Y. N.; Cameron, S. L. (2012). "Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect-plant interaction". Invertebrate Systematics (in English and English). 26 (4): 357, 357-398. doi:10.1071/IS12022. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q117480310.