Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Lasiopetalum parviflorum
Shrub. Photographer http://nelsonbaynativeplants.net/ , Tomaree Peninsula, Near Newcastle
Small rusty petals
Malvaceae
Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, and disturbed sites. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Shrub to 1 m tall. Stems covered with rusty stellate hairs (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see). Leaves alternating up the stems, mostly 3-6 cm long, 3-7 mm wide, margins rolled down; upper surface green and sparsely hairy becoming hairless with the secondary veins visible but not impressed, lower surface grey- to rusty-tomentose and with secondary veins mostly obscure. Flowers greenish to cream and hairless inside, whitish-stellate hairy (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see) outside, with 5 'petals' about 3 mm long, joined at the base. Flowers in several-flowered clusters. Flowers Spring.
Family was Sterculiaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lasiopetalum~parviflorum (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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