Flower buds. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flower buds and leaves.  Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Mallee. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

None known

Family

Myrtaceae

Notes

Mallee 3m or more tall.  Bark grey-brown and rough at the base, almost stringy, smooth and pale brown above, coming off in strips.  Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternating up the stems, flat, 11-17cm long, 25-35mm wide, dull and pale, with smooth edges and a curved point. Flowers in clusters of 3-7 at the bases of the leaves, with 0 petals.  Buds ribbed, caps shorter than the base.  Unknown nuts. 

Planted near the Tarrara gate, Scotia Sanctuary. An unknown cultivar.