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Lysiosepalum hexandrum

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Lysiosepalum hexandrum is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is dense, erect shrub with its young branches covered with woolly, star-shaped hairs, and has linear or narrowly elliptic leaves and blue, purple or pink flowers usually in groups of five.

Where it grows

This species of lysiosepalum grows in the understorey of open woodland or heath between Wongan Hills and Nyabing in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.

Other Lysiosepalum plants

Lysiosepalum abollatum · Lysiosepalum aromaticum · Lysiosepalum involucratum · Wrinkled Leaf Lysiosepalum · Lysiosepalum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysiosepalum hexandrum 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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