Common Name

Steedman's Gum

Family

Myrtaceae

Notes

Tree to 12m tall. Bark smooth throughout, light pink to rich brown and grey. Oil glands in the pith of the branchlets. Leaves alternating up the stems, aromatic when crushed, 3-8.5cm long, 6-15mm wide, glossy green, flat, hairless, tips blunt or pointed. Flowers white, with 0 petals, in clusters of 3 at the bases of the leaves. Bud caps shorter than the base. Buds and nuts square in cross-section, the nuts with 4 wings. Nut valves not very noticeable. Vulnerable Australia. Native of WA.

Description and photographs in the DVD/thumb drive Euclid

FloraBase photos: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/5777