Eucalyptus persistens
Eucalyptus persistens is a species of small tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, dark grey bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit. Description. "Eucalyptus persistens" is a species of tree, rarely a mallee, that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, dark grey bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, bluish, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same shade  of green on both sides, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are mostly arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle in groups of seven. The peduncles are long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to pear-shaped, long and wide with a conical, rounded or beaked operculum. Flowering occurs between April and October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule, long and wide with the valves near rim level. Taxonomy. "Eucalyptus persistens" was first formally described in 1991 by  Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill in the journal "Telopea", from material they collected in 1984. The specific epithet ("persistens") is from Latin, meaning "persisting", referring to the outer operculum and rough bark. Distribution. This tree occurs in north-eastern Queensland between Laura, Mareeba, Hughenden, Forsayth and Marlborough. Conservation status. This eucalypt is listed as "least concern" under the Queensland Government "Nature Conservation Act 1992"