
Plunkett Mallee
Eucalyptus curtisii
Family Myrtaceae
Near Threatened — QLD: Near threatened
About
Eucalyptus curtisii, commonly known as Plunkett mallee, is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to south-east Queensland in Australia. It has smooth grey to silvery bark, lance-shaped, narrow elliptic or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and wrinkled, cup-shaped fruit.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Mount Gravatt Outlook Reserve (Atlas of Living Australia, 2023) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Mount Gravatt Outlook Reserve — South East Queensland hikes
Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Eucalyptus curtisii
Photo via iNaturalist Australia (CC-BY 4.0 (Int)), collected by Lucas Christofides