Tall shrub or tree to c. 30 m high; young branchlets rusty-pubescent, soon glabrous. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 4–10 cm long, 1–4.5 cm wide, leathery, entire, dark green above, paler and dull below, usually with 1 or 2 longitudinal veins on either side of midrib; apex usually acute; petiole 4–20 mm long. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, c. 10–20-flowered, solitary or 2–3 umbels together; peduncle 2.5–6 cm long; pedicels 5–20 mm long. Tepals c. 10 mm long, white or greenish white, pilose to glabrous. Follicle oblong, 4–7 cm long; seeds 12–15 mm long including wing. Flowers Oct.–Jan.
GipP. Native to Queensland and New South Wales, and extending into Papua New Guinea, often cultivated, known in Victoria from a single population near Mount Martha, plants spreading from planted trees.
Stenocarpus sinuatus (Loudon) Endl. (Firewheel Tree) is commonly grown as an ornamental or street tree in Victoria. It has larger, red flowers, and deeply lobed or pinnatisect leaves.
