Eucalyptus lehmannii

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Eucalyptus lehmannii, commonly known as bushy yate, is a small eucalypt native to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows as a small tree or multi‑trunk mallee with smooth bark that peels in strips and can be grey‑brown to orange‑brown. The plant has dense foliage; young stems are sometimes triangular, and the leaves of mature plants are elliptical, glossy green on top and blue‑green underneath.

Inflorescences form in the leaf axils on curved stalks. Each cluster has many buds (usually 11–19), and when they open the buds are about 3.3–6.5 cm long; the flowers have erect greenish‑yellow stamens.

Eucalyptus lehmannii is found in sandy soils over granite or quartzite, often with gravel on rocky hills and coastal dunes, from east of Albany to Israelite Bay and including the Stirling Range, in several Western Australian bioregions.

There has been some confusion with a similar species, Eucalyptus conferruminata, with some authors treating the two as the same and others distinguishing them by features such as operculum length.

Bushy yate is a popular ornamental in Australia and has been grown in other countries, including Europe, South Africa, and the United States, where it is valued as a small screening tree or courtyard tree. In some regions it is listed as invasive, including in southern Africa.