Lasiopetalum membranaceum (Steud.) Benth.

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-50 mm long, 14-40 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, 3.6-8 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. Calyx pink, blue or purple, 5.5-7 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 0-0.4 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.3 mm long; anthers 1.7-2 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, 3-3.5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Swan Coastal Plain, Jarrah Forest and Warren. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).