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Lasiopetalum parviflorum (Lasiopetalum parviflorum)

Description

Shrub 0.5–1 m high. Leaves mostly 3–6 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, margins revolute; upper surface green and sparsely pubescent becoming glabrous with secondary veins visible but not impressed, lower surface grey- to rusty-tomentose and with secondary veins mostly obscure; petiole 2–3 mm long. Cymes several-flowered, shortly pedunculate, much shorter than leaves; bracteoles almost linear, 1.5–2 mm long. Calyx lobes c. 3 mm long, glabrous on inner surface, whitish tomentose on outer surface. Capsule 3–5 mm diam., tomentose.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malvales

            • Family: Malvaceae

              • Genus: Lasiopetalum