Manna or ribbon gum

Trees, to 50 m; trunk whitish, gray, or tan, straight, ± smooth; bark usually shed in relatively long, narrow, irregular strips distally, sometimes persistent toward trunk base. Leaves: petiole 1–1.5 cm; blade green, lanceolate to narrowly lan­ceolate, 10–15 × 1–2.5 cm. Peduncles to ca. 1 cm. Inflorescences usually 3-flowered, umbels. Flowers: hypanthium ovoid, 2–3 mm, length ± equaling calyptra; calyptra conic to rounded or, rarely, rostrate; stamens white. Capsules ± hemispheric, 5–10 mm, not glaucous; valves 3 or 4, exserted. 2n = 22, 90.

Flowering summer, fall. Disturbed urban areas; 0–100 m; introduced; Calif.; se Australia.

Eucalyptus viminalis is known from the Outer North Coast Ranges, Central Coast, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, and Peninsular Ranges.