Flora of North America species comparison

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Eucalyptus viminalis

Eucalyptus conferruminata

manna gum, ribbon gum

bushy yate, spider gum
Habit Trees, to 50 m; trunk whitish, gray, or tan, straight, ± smooth; bark usually shed in relatively long, narrow, irregular strips distally, sometimes persistent toward trunk base. Trees or shrubs, to 5 m; trunk light gray or tan, smooth; bark shed in strips and short ribbons.
Leaves

petiole 1–1.5 cm;

blade green, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 10–15 × 1–2.5 cm.

petiole 0–1.2 cm;

blade light green, elliptic to elongate-elliptic, 5–9 × 1–4 cm, surfaces glossy.
Inflorescences

usually 3-flowered, umbels.

7–19-flowered, umbels compact, globose.
Peduncles

to ca. 1 cm.

distinctly flattened, 3–7 × 1–3 cm.
Flowers

hypanthium ovoid, 2–3 mm, length ± equaling calyptra;

calyptra conic to rounded or, rarely, rostrate;

stamens white.

hypanthium sessile, fused to adjacent hypanthia;

calyptra horn- or finger-shaped;

stamens yellowish green.
Capsules

± hemispheric, 5–10 mm, not glaucous;

valves 3 or 4, exserted.

connate; forming compact, globose cluster, 30–60 mm diam., not glaucous;

valves 3, strongly exserted, with persistent style remnants.
2n

= 22, 90.

Eucalyptus viminalis

Eucalyptus conferruminata
Phenology Flowering summer, fall. Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Disturbed urban areas. Disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) 60–100 m. (200–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; se Australia [Introduced in North America]
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from FNA
CA; sw Australia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Eucalyptus viminalis is known from the Outer North Coast Ranges, Central Coast, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, and Peninsular Ranges.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

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

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus Myrtaceae > Eucalyptus
Sibling taxa
E. camaldulensis, E. citriodora, E. cladocalyx, E. conferruminata, E. coolabah, E. globulus, E. grandis, E. mannifera, E. polyanthemos, E. pulchella, E. robusta, E. sideroxylon, E. tereticornis, E. torelliana
E. camaldulensis, E. citriodora, E. cladocalyx, E. coolabah, E. globulus, E. grandis, E. mannifera, E. polyanthemos, E. pulchella, E. robusta, E. sideroxylon, E. tereticornis, E. torelliana, E. viminalis
Name authority Labillardière: Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 12, plate 151. (1806) D. J. Carr & S. G. M. Carr: Austral. J. Bot. 28: 535, figs. 2, 11, 17, 20, 27B, 28A, 30. (1980)
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