Bedfordia arborescens, known as the blanket leaf, is a shrub or small tree of southeastern Australia.

The leaves are alternate, entire, wavy edged, white underneath, and dull green above.

The fruit is a ribbed achene, whitish with bristles on the top, 8 mm long in the shape of a cigar.

Whilst in no way related, the first impression of a healthy stand of blanket tree is strongly reminiscent of the rhododendrons of the Himalayas and China.

This is due to similar growth habit, leaf arrangement and shape, and is consistent with a plant which grows in the middle vegetation layers, and which has the role of shading the ground.