Lasiopetalum caroliae K.A.Sheph.

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 3-15 mm long, 2.5-12 mm wide, not lobed; margins sinuate or dentate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules apparently absent, even from youngest leaves. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 2-4.5 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales scales. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx pink or purple, 3-5 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 scales present, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.1-0.4 mm long; anthers 1.5-2 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 2.8-4.3 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time September or October. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).