Fruits/Seeds
The fruit is very small, reaching approximately 2 - 3 mm in diameter, and the seeds are dispersed with the wind.
Field Guide
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Blanket-leaf
Shrub or small tree to 8 m high.
Leaves
Soft, drooping, mostly 10 – 25 cm long and 2 – 5 cm wide, oblong or lanceolate with woolly white underside.
Flowers
Yellow or orange flower clusters.
What to Observe
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First fully open single flower
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Full flowering (record all days)
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End of flowering (when 95% of the flowers have faded)
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No flowering
When and Where
When To Look
- Year round
- Flowers October to February
Where To Look
- In Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, NSW and Tasmania
- Look in wet sclerophyll forests, particularly in fern gullies and on rainforest margins
What Else?
Other common names are blanket bush, flannel leaf and tree blanketleaf.
