Zieria eungellaensis

Location & distribution maps

Plant  information

Common name:                unknown  

Conservation status:  Least concern

• Zieria eungellaensis is listed as "least concern" under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992

Etymology:   

• The name Zieria honours "John Zier, a Polish botanist, who assisted F.C. Ehrhart in his collection of plants of the Electorate of Hanover, 1780-83, and afterwards worked in London, where he died in 1793"

• The specific epithet (eungellaensis) is a reference to the range of this species in the Eungella National Park

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are white and are arranged singly or in groups of two or three in leaf axils 

• On a slightly warty stalk 1–3 mm long,

• The groups shorter than the leaves

• The sepals are mostly glabrous, less than 1 mm long and wide 

• The four petals are elliptic in shape, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 1.2–1.5 mm wide, varying between populations

• The four stamens are about 1 mm long

• Flowering occurs between May and August 

Fruit:                         

• A glabrous capsule, about 3 mm long and 2 mm wide

Leaves:         

• The leaves have a petiole 2–8 mm long and a central leaflet which is elliptic to egg-shaped, 5–16 mm long, 3–8 mm wide with the other two leaflets slightly smaller

• Only the mid-vein is distinct on the lower surface 

• Unlike some other zierias, the leaf surface is not obviously warty

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A compact but open shrub which grows to a height of 2 m 

• Has rough, wiry branches which are sometimes hairy

Habitat:   

• Grows in rock crevices surrounded by dense, heathy vegetation

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Queensland

•  Only found on the mountain summits in the Eungella National Park

• Plants have been seen on Mount William, Mount David and Mount Dalrymple

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • Was first formally described in 2007 by Marco Duretto and Paul Forster 

  • The specimen was collected on Mount William in the Eungella National Park

  • The description was published in Austrobaileya

Sources of information:

• (2023)