Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Bertya oleifolia

Branch with male flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Expedition Range National Park north of Roma, Qld

Branch with male flowers and seed cases. Photographer Don Wood, Carnarvon Station Bush Heritage Reserve, via Augathella, Qld

Branches with female flowers. Photographer Don Wood, Carnarvon Station Bush Heritage Reserve, via Augathella, Qld

Common name

None

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Where found

Dry forest, often in rocky sites. Ranges and Southern Highlands north from Tallowa Dam, Shoalhaven River.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m high, densely hairy with whitish stellate hairs (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see). Leaves alternating up the stems, 1–6 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, upper surface rough, lower surface white-tomentose; margins curved to rolled down. Male and female flowers on different plants or on the same plant. Flowers with 4-5 'petals'. Female 'petals' enlarging under the seed cases. Flowering: spring to summer.

 PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bertya~oleifolia (accessed 5 January, 2021)