Lasiopetalum laxiflorum (Benth.) F.Muell.

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-105 mm long, 8-55 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 10-15 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 5-8 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx pink or purple, 6-8 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, one. Corolla 0.7-1.1 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.5-0.7 mm long; anthers 2.5-3.8 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes present, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 2.2-3 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time October or November. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).