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Bedfordia salicina (Labill.) DC.
Blanketleaf
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Blanketleaf is a small tree endemic to Tasmania. It  usually  grows as a small tree beneath tall eucalypts. This is illustrated by the plants featured below.


  Bedfordia salicina Bedfordia salicina
 
Description:Flowers Description:Flowers
  Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania
  GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E
  Date of photo:5 January 2013 Date of photo:5 January 2013
  Field No.: 1819 Field No.: 1819
     
  Bedfordia salicina Bedfordia salicina
 
  Description:Plant Description:Flowers and leaves
  Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania
  GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E
Date of photo:5 January 2013 Date of photo:5 January 2013
  Field No.: 1819 Field No.: 1819
     
  Bedfordia salicina Bedfordia salicina
 
  Description:Plant Description:Plant
  Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania
  GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E
  Date of photo:5 January 2013 Date of photo:5 January 2013
  Field No.: 1819 Field No.: 1819
     
  Bedfordia salicina Bedfordia salicina
 
  Description:Plant in eucalypt woodland overlooking Hobart Description:Plant in eucalypt woodland
  Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania Location:Mt Wellington, Tasmania
  GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E GPS coordinates:42˚53.6960S, 147°14.6730E
  Date of photo:5 January 2013 Date of photo:5 January 2013
  Field No.: 1819 Field No.: 1819
     
     

References (accessed 13 April 2018):

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Bedfordia. Flora of Australia 37: 199

http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/AST/ast/sBedfordia_salicina.htm 

http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/plant_science/field_botany/species/dicots/astersp/bedfsali.html

https://www.ten.org.au/tasmanian-blanketleaf

 

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Bedfordia salicina