Leptospermum blakelyi
Leptospermum blakelyi is a species of shrub that is endemic to rocky clifftops near Lithgow in New South Wales. It has densely silky young stems, egg-shaped to elliptical leaves and white or pink flowers. Description Leptospermum blakelyi is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has closely adhering flakes of bark that is shed in fibrous strips. Young stems are densely hairy at first. The leaves are broadly elliptical to egg-shaped, long and wide on a short petiole. The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to four, usually in leaf axils and are about in diameter on a pedicel or more long. The floral cup is usually densely hairy, about long. The sepals are triangular, long and remain attached as the fruit develops. The petals are long and white or pink and the stamens are about long. Flowering occurs from November to December and the fruit is a woody capsule in diameter on a pedicel long. Taxonomy and naming Leptospermum blakelyi was first formally described in 1989 by Joy Thompson in the journal Telopea. The specific epithet (blakelyi) honours William Blakely who wrote an unpublished description of this species. Distribution and habitat This