Eucalyptus conferruminata

Spider gum, bushy yate, Bushy Yate

Family: Myrtaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Spider gum is a naturalized shrub found in coastal California regions including the Central Coast and Southern Coast, typically in disturbed coastal areas at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces yellow-green flowers in umbels with 7 to 19 blossoms that are fused at their base. Growing 1 to 5 meters tall with irregularly branched stems, it features smooth bark that sheds in short light gray or tan strips. Its leaves are glossy light green, elliptic to elongate-elliptic, measuring 5 to 9 centimeters long and 1 to 4 centimeters wide. The fruit forms a distinctive cluster 3 to 6 centimeters wide, with three exserted valves and persistent style remnants.

Habitat: Uncommon. Disturbed coastal areas

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: generally < 200 m

Bioregions: CCo, SCo

California counties: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Monterey

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.