Eucalyptus woodwardii, Lemon-flowered mallee also Woodward's blackbutt , is a small tree or mallee with smooth, white, pink, greenish or light copper coloured bark that sheds in ribbons. Juvenile

Juvenile (organism)

A juvenile is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size. Juveniles sometimes look very different from the adult form, particularly in terms of their colour...

 leaves are stalked, ovate to broad-lanceolate to elliptical, to 18 x 9 cm. Adult leaves are stalked, broad-lanceolate, 18 x 5 cm, concolorous, dull, grey-green to glaucous. Lemon yellow flowers appear in late winter to late spring. Fruit

Fruit

In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...

 is bell shaped to 1.5 x 1.4 cm

E. woodwardiis field distribution is limited to east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 in the Karonie area, and with sand or deep sandy loam.

The tree is a very popular ornamental in southern Australia due to its attractive, large, lemon-yellow flowers.

In the 1970s hybrids between this and coral gum (E. torquata

Eucalyptus torquata

Eucalyptus torquata, commonly known as Coral Gum or Coolgardie Gum, is a tree found around Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie, and south to about Widgiemooltha in Western Australia....

) called Torwood had been developed