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Eucalyptus melliodora is a tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft) and forms a lignotuber.The bark is variable ranging from smooth with an irregular, short stocking, to covering most of the trunk, fibrous, dense or loosely held, grey, yellow or red-brown, occasionally very coarse, thick, dark brown to black.
Flowers appear April to May at the end of each stem in a group, or umbel, of 2 to 6, occasionally only 1. The flowers are 5–13 mm (0.2–0.5 in) long, with 3 yellow petals and 3 yellow sepals spreading outwards. The flowers will open in the morning but typically wilt in the hot afternoon sun.
It is a low perennial shrub 60 to 80 cm (23.5 to 31.5 in) high and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) across. The foliage is grey and the large flowers are 7–9 cm in diameter and golden yellow in colour. [47] It grows best in full sun and fair drainage. Cuttings strike readily, as does seed, although seedlings may differ from the parent. [36]
[7] [8] The bright yellow inflorescences occur in groups of 40 to 80 on 2.5–9 cm (1–4 in)-long racemes that arise from axillary buds. [2] Each inflorescence is a ball-like structure covered by 40 to 100 small flowers that have five tiny petals ( pentamerous ) and long erect stamens , which give the flower head a fluffy appearance.
In addition, the Japanese call the golden yellow color (variously #FFA400, #FFBF00, #F8B500) between orange and yellow yamabuki color (山吹色 yamabuki-iro), from the name of the plant. Qing Dynasty poet Chen Hao ( 陳淏 ) celebrated the beauty of Kerria japonica in his agricultural treatise the Flower Mirror [ ja ; zh ] ( 花鏡 ).
It is a tuberous-rooted herbaceous perennial growing to 15 cm (6 in), with large (2–3 cm (1–1 in)), yellow, cup-shaped flowers held above a collar of 3 leaf-like bracts, appearing in late winter and early spring. The six sepals are bright yellow and petaloid, and the petals are of tubular nectaries. [2]
The flowers are about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter, sweet-smelling, with an aroma similar to that of honey, with four white rounded petals (or pink, rose-red, violet. yellow and lilac [3]) and four sepals. The six stamens have yellow anthers. The flowers are produced throughout the growing season, or year-round in areas free of frost.
The flowers are nodding and the sepals usually yellow, but sometimes yellowish-pink or raspberry pink, reflexed, and 12–20 mm (0.5–0.8 in) in length. The petals are white or cream and 7–10 mm long, with the stamens extending beyond them. The nectar spurs are yellow to raspberry pink, slightly curved, and measure 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in). [3]