Eucalyptus stellulata, the Black Sallee or Black Sally is a high altitude tree found in south eastern Australia. Found from near the border of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 and Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, down the Great Dividing Range

Great Dividing Range

The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km from Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through...

 to the eastern highland parts of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

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“Stellulata” refers to the star-shaped clusters of the flower buds, which form between April and October.

Description

A small to medium sized tree, up to 15 metres in height. A common plant in grassy eucalyptus woodland. Often near swamps and by streams. The soils are usually of a relatively good fertility.

Bark is dark and rough at the base. About half way up the tree, the bark sheds revealing smooth branches, of a yellowish olive green, somewhat oily to the touch.

Juvenile leaves are opposite on the stem, round and stalk-less. Mature leaves are 5 to 9 cm long, 1.3 to 2.5 cm wide, lanceolate to egg shaped. The same colour green above and below the leaf. Leaf veins are almost parallel and glossy.
Gumnuts are stalkless, cup shaped or truncate-globose around half a centimetre in diameter with three enclosed valves.

This plant first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1828, in the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. , is a 17-volume treatise on botany initiated by A. P. de Candolle. De Candolle intended it as a summary of all known seed plants, encompassing taxonomy, ecology, evolution and biogeography....

. Authored by the prominent Swiss botanist, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.