Eucalyptus archeri
Eucalyptus archeri, also known as alpine cider gum, is a mallee or a small tree that is endemic to Tasmania. It has smooth white or greyish bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three, white flowers and conical to barrel-shaped fruit. It intergrades with E. gunnii.
Description
Eucalyptus archeri is a mallee or a small tree that typically grows to a height of, has smooth white to greyish or pinkish bark and forms a lignotuber. Leaves on young plants and on coppice regrowth are arranged in opposite pairs, egg-shaped to more or less round, long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, elliptic to lance-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in groups of three in leaf axils on a peduncle long. The mature buds are oblong to oval, long and wide with a rounded or conical operculum. Flowering occurs between November and May and the flowers are white. The fruit is conical to barrel-shaped, long and wide.Eucalyptus archeri is similar to and intergrades with E. gunnii but lacks the bluish grey flower buds and fruit of that species.