Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Eucalyptus cunninghamii

Buds on stem. Australian Plant Image Index, photographers Brooker & Kleinig, unknown place

Flowers, gumnuts, and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Leafy stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Michael Crisp, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Trunks. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Michael Crisp, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Mallee. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Michael Crisp, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Cliff mallee ash

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

 Mallee heath. Blue Mountains.

Notes

Mallee to 3 m tall. Bark smooth, often with scribbles, shedding in ribbons. Juvenile stems rounded in cross section, smooth or warty. Juvenile leaves stalkless, opposite each other for 5 or 6 pairs, then alternating up the stems and shortly stalked, 5–10 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, dull, green to grey-green. Adult leaves alternating up the stems, 3–10 cm long, 3–8 mm wide, glossy, green. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Mature flower buds 4-6 mm long, caps shorter than the base. Flower clusters 7-9 flowered. Gumnuts 5-7 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have valves that are not very noticeable.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~cunninghamii  (accessed 22 January, 2021)

EUCLID description:  https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_cunninghamii.htm  (accessed 22 January, 2021)