Eucalyptus conferruminata

Description

Eucalyptus conferruminata, commonly known as Bald Island marlock or bushy yate, is a small tree or mallee native to the south coast of Western Australia. The mallee or tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 8 metres (7 to 26 ft)[2] and has smooth, grey and whitish grey bark and a bushy habit. Adult leaves are elliptical to 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in length and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) wide concolorous, glossy, light green. Yellow-green flowers appear from late winter to late spring between August and November. The axillary inflorescences are on unbranched strap-like peduncles that are around 7 cm (2.8 in) long. Each inflorescence has between seven and twenty flowers. That buds are sessile with a fused hypanthia. The buds have a length of about 5.5 cm (2.2 in) with a diameter of about 2 cm (0.79 in), are scarred and have a horn-shaped operculum. The fruits that form later have an ascending disc and three strongly exserted valves. They contain blackish brown seeds with a flattened-ovoid to cuboid shape