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Corymbia blakei

Corymbia blakei
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Corymbia blakei, commonly known as ghost gum, is a species of tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has smooth bark, sometimes with a stocking of rough bark on older specimens, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of three, creamy white flowers and barrel-shaped, cup-shaped or cylindrical fruit.

Where it grows

This ghost gum is endemic to an area in arid South West and Central West Queensland, extending from the Cory Range south west of Winton to the upper Paroo and Bulloo River area between Charleville and Quilpie.

Other Corymbia plants

Scraggy Bloodwood · Range Bloodwood · Corymbia aparrerinja · Corymbia arafurica · Kimberley Bloodwood · Katherine Gorge Bloodwood · Corymbia aspera · Corymbia aureola · Corymbia bella · Glossy Leaved Bloodwood · Yellow Bloodwood · Corymbia brachycarpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corymbia blakei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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