A N F Keys
1 Juvenile leaves opposite decussate and others helically alternate and sessile to subsessile; flowers mostly solitary in leaf axils, buds 18−25 mm diameter, strongly glaucous, open flowers 40−50 mm across; hypanthium 2- or 4-ridged; capsule conic to hemispheric, 18−25 mm diameter .. Eucalyptus globulus [pics]
1' Juvenile and adults leaves only helically alternate and petiolate, petioles 9−22 mm long; umbels axillary with (2−)4−10 flowers, 20−25 mm across; buds not glaucous; hypanthium ± smooth; capsule ± spheroid, 6−8 mm
2 Buds ca. 5 mm diameter, cap with nipplelike tip; capsule 6 mm long .. Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. camaldulensis [pics]
2' Buds 6−8 mm diameter, cap ± blunt at tip; capsule 6.5−7 mm long .. Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. obtusa
The text of the above keys used with permission from
A Naturalist's Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills, California
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Barry A. Prigge and Arthur C. Gibson
2013