Thomasia sarotes
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| Thomasia sarotes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Thomasia |
| Species: | T. sarotes |
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| Thomasia sarotes | |
Thomasia sarotes is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is an upright, spreading shrub with purple, pink to mauve or white flowers and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Thomasia sarotes is an upright, spreading shrub that typically grows to 0.25–1.1 m (9.8 in – 3 ft 7.3 in) high and 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) wide, its new growth covered with long, fine hairs. The leaves are linear, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide on a short petiole with linear stipules 6–16 mm (0.24–0.63 in) long at the base. The flowers are borne in groups of 2 to 5 on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils on a peduncle about 20 mm (0.79 in) long, each flower on a pendent pedicel 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long with linear bracteoles at the base. The flowers are about 15 mm (0.59 in) in diameter, the sepals purple, pink to mauve or white, and the petals tiny. Flowering occurs from August to December.[2][3]