White peppermint gum

Trees, to 21 m; trunk white or bluish gray, mostly smooth, occasionally shaggy or rough near base; bark shed in relatively long strips. Leaves: (juvenile alternate, petiolate); with slight peppermint odor when crushed; petiole 0.1–0.6 cm; blade dark green, linear, 5–10 × 0.1–0.5 cm. Peduncles 0.1–0.3 cm. Inflorescences 9+-flowered, umbels. Flowers: hypanthium obconic, 2–3 mm, length ± equaling calyptra; calyptra hemispheric, rounded; stamens white. Capsules ovoid or subpyriform, 4–6 mm, not glaucous; valves 4, ± level with apex or included.

Flowering winter. Disturbed areas; 0–200 m; intro­duced; Calif.; Australia (Tasmania).

In the flora area, Eucalyptus pulchella is known only from Alameda County.