This mallee has a lignotuber and spreading stems with reddish-brown peeling bark that reveals smooth green bark and forms a straggly habit. It has greyish-blue rounded leaves and the dainty yellow flowers appear in a large cluster during autumn.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Eucalyptus kruseana is naturally found in a restricted region of Western Australia growing near Kalgoorlie.  It grows in arid rocky-granite hillsides in very well drained moderately fertile sandy loam in an open sunny position and is frost and drought tolerant. 

The Bookleaf Mallee is grown for its flowers, bark, foliage and small opened habit. It is planted in small gardens as a specimen or used in group plantings in arid settings. The foliage and flowers are also used in floral arrangements and the plant is suitable for coastal or inland regions. It establishes in 2-4 years and flowers early and is ideal foliage contrast in a shrub border. This shrub to small tree may be larger under cultivation and responds to light pruning to thicken up. ID 3336

Eucalyptus (ew-ka-LIP-tus)  kruseana (KROO-see-AH-nah)

Myrtaceae (mir-TAY-see-ee)
Myrtle, Eucalyptus, Clove and Guava Family