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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.

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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  • Species Category: Plants
  • Species origin: Native
  • Conservation status: Common

  • What to Observe

    • First fully open single flower

    • Full flowering (record all days)

    • End of flowering (when 95% of the flowers have faded)

    • 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.
  • Trails: Haining Farm VIC, Morwell NP VIC, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne VIC
  • Species Region: Australia