Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Tristania neriifolia

Flowering branch. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Water gum

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Stream beds and along streams. Coast and ranges north from Budderoo National Park near Upper Kangaroo Valley. Occasional farther south.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m tall or small tree. Bark smooth to slightly flaky. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 3.5-9 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, tips pointed, upper surface hairless, lower surface more or less hairless and paler; veins obscure; oil glands very numerous and conspicuous (visible when the leaf is held up to the light and/or by using the macro app on your phone/tablet). Flowers with 5 yellow petals each 6-10 mm long, in 3-s or clusters. Flowers Summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tristania~neriifolia (accessed 7 February, 2021)