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Red Rusty Petals

Lasiopetalum rufum

Red Rusty Petals
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
CE. & SE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Lasiopetalum rufum is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the Sydney region of New South Wales. It is a slender, erect or diffuse shrub with linear leaves and small groups of reddish or pinkish flowers.

Where it grows

This lasiopetalum grows in heath from the coast to the nearby ranges, mainly between Woy Woy and Menai in the Sydney region.

Other Lasiopetalum plants

Lasiopetalum adenotrichum · Lasiopetalum angustifolium · Slender Velvet Bush · Pink Velvet Bush · Lasiopetalum bracteatum · Lasiopetalum cardiophyllum · Lasiopetalum cenobium · Lasiopetalum compactum · Lasiopetalum cordifolium · Lasiopetalum dielsii · Coast Velvet Bush · Lasiopetalum drummondii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lasiopetalum rufum 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.

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