Lasiopetalum dielsii
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| Lasiopetalum dielsii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Lasiopetalum |
| Species: | L. dielsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasiopetalum dielsii | |
Lasiopetalum dielsii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy stems, heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
Lasiopetalum dielsii is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in), its foliage covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are heart-shaped, 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide. Each flower is borne on a pedicel 4.0–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) long, the sepals pink or white, the petals reduced to small scales or lobes and there are five stamens. Flowering occurs in December.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Lasiopetalum dielsii was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse.[3][4] The specific epithet (dielsii) honours Ludwig Diels.[5]