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Lasiopetalum discolor
Lasiopetalum discolor, commonly known as coast velvet-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of southern Australia. It is an erect, spreading or sprawling shrub with hairy stems, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
This lasiopetalum grows in sand on coastal dunes and limestone along the south coast of Western Australia and South Australia, on Bass Strait islands and the north-west coast of Tasmania.
Lasiopetalum adenotrichum · Lasiopetalum angustifolium · Slender Velvet Bush · Pink Velvet Bush · Lasiopetalum bracteatum · Lasiopetalum cardiophyllum · Lasiopetalum cenobium · Lasiopetalum compactum · Lasiopetalum cordifolium · Lasiopetalum dielsii · Lasiopetalum drummondii · Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lasiopetalum discolor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
