Eucalyptus pulchella

White peppermint, White Peppermint

Family: Myrtaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

White peppermint is a naturalized shrub found in the San Francisco Bay Area in disturbed areas at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from December to February, this plant produces white stamens in umbels with 9 to 15 flowers. Growing up to 20 meters tall with erect branches, it has distinctive bark that sheds in long strips and ranges from white to blue-gray. Its narrow linear leaves are dark green, less than 0.5 centimeters wide, and release a subtle peppermint odor when crushed. The fruit is small, measuring 4 to 6 millimeters long and ovoid to cup-shaped.

Habitat: Uncommon. Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Dec-Feb

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: SnFrB

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