Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eucalyptus sturgissiana
Common name
Ettrema mallee
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Usually among low shrubby heath in swampy areas. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, Milton north to Nowra and west to Nerriga. Mainly in Morton National Park.
Notes
Mallee to 5 m tall. Bark smooth throughout, shedding in ribbons. Branchlets often glaucous. Juvenile stems glaucous, slightly warty. Juvenile leaves 5-7.5 cm long, 30-75 mm wide, stalkless and opposite each other for many pairs, the lowest leaves joined together round the stem, later leaves stem-clasping, dull, grey-green to green, or glaucous. Juvenile leaves may persist in the crown or adult leaves may develop. Adult leaves opposite each other or alternating up the stems, 5-12 cm long, 7-15 mm wide, stalkless or with short stalks, glossy and green to grey-green, or glaucous. Flowers white, with 0 petals. Flower clusters 7-flowered. Mature flower buds 5–7 mm long, stalkless or stalked, caps shorter than the base. The inner layer of the caps breaks through the top of the outer layer as the bud matures. This is visible to the naked eye. Flowers sporadically. Gumnuts 4-7 mm in diameter. Gumnuts that have dropped their seed have valves that are not very noticeable.
Vulnerable NSW. Provisions of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
NSW Threatened Species profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10318 (accessed 22 January, 2021)
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eucalyptus~sturgissiana (accessed 22 January, 2021)
EUCLID description: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/entities/eucalyptus_sturgissiana.htm (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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