Lasiopetalum fitzgibbonii F.Muell.

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 7-18 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; 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, 4-8 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with gland tipped hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 1.2-2 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs gland tipped hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx pink or blue, 4.5-9.5 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 absent, 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, 0.4-1 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, 3.2-4.5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time September, October or November. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee and Esperance. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).