Gaudium blakelyi (Joy Thomps.) Peter G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Leptospermum blakelyi Joy Thomps. APNI*
Description: Shrub c. 1 m high, bark close, shed in strips, younger stems densely silky.
Leaves obovate to broad-elliptic, often concave, 4–8 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, silky on base and margins; apex variably rounded to acute or acuminate, point blunt to pungent; base tapering ± gradually to a short slender petiole often broader at the base.
Flowers 1–4 together, c. 7 mm diam., white or pink. Hypanthium c. 10 mm long, pedicel often at least 5 mm long, silky. Sepals 1–1.5 mm long, pubescent. Petals 2–2.5 mm long. Stamens c. 1 mm or less in length. Ovary 3- to 5-locular.
Fruit 2–3.5 mm diam., glabrescent; pedicel mostly 6–8 mm long; valves not much exserted.
Flowering: November–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath on rocky escarpments near Lithgow. Grows in heath on rocky escarpments.
NSW subdivisions: CT
Text by J. Thompson & V. Logan
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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