Eucalyptus fracta
Eucalyptus fracta is a species of tree or mallee that is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It has hard, grey to black "ironbark" on the trunk and larger branches, smooth whitish bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, and cup-shaped fruit. Description. "Eucalyptus fracta" is a tree or mallee that typically grows to a height of and has hard, grey to black ironbark on the trunk and branches more than in diameter, smooth whitish bark above. Young plants have dull, bluish green, egg-shaped to more or less  round leaves that are long and wide on a petiole long. Adult leaves are the same slightly glossy greyish green on both sides, lance shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a branched peduncle long, the individual buds on a pedicel long. Mature buds are spindle-shaped, long and wide with a conical operculum. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped capsule long and wide. Taxonomy and naming. "Eucalyptus fracta" was first described in 1997 by Ken Hill from a specimen he collected in Charmhaven with Leonie Stanberg in  1995. The description was published in the journal "Telopea". The specific epithet ("fracta") is a Latin word meaning "broken", a reference to the species' distribution. Distribution and habitat. This eucalypt is only known from parts of the Broken Back Range near Cessnock where it grows in shallow soils on a sandstone escarpment.