Eucalyptus conferruminata

D. J. Carr & S. G. M. Carr

Austral. J. Bot. 28: 535, figs. 2, 11, 17, 20, 27B, 28A, 30. 1980.

Common names: Spider gum bushy yate
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Trees or shrubs, to 5 m; trunk light gray or tan, smooth; bark shed in strips and short ribbons. Leaves: petiole 0–1.2 cm; blade light green, elliptic to elongate-elliptic, 5–9 × 1–4 cm, surfaces glossy. Peduncles distinctly flattened, 3–7 × 1–3 cm. Inflorescences 7–19-flowered, umbels compact, globose. Flowers: hypanthium sessile, fused to adjacent hypanthia; calyptra horn- or finger-shaped; stamens yellowish green. Capsules connate; forming compact, globose cluster, 30–60 mm diam., not glaucous; valves 3, strongly exserted, with persistent style remnants.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Disturbed areas.
Elevation: 60–100 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., sw Australia.

Discussion

Eucalyptus conferruminata, commonly cultivated as a screen plant in southwestern coastal California, is often sold under the name E. lehmannii (Schauer) Bentham.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Matt Ritter +  and Leslie R. Landrum +
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Spider gum +  and bushy yate +
Calif. +  and sw Australia. +
60–100 m. +
Disturbed areas. +
Flowering spring–summer. +
Austral. J. Bot. +
Eucalyptus conferruminata +
Eucalyptus +
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