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Narrow Leaved Thomasia

Thomasia angustifolia

Narrow Leaved Thomasia
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SW. & S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Thomasia angustifolia, commonly known as narrow-leaved thomasia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has densely hairy young stems, narrowly oblong, wrinkled leaves and pinkish-purple, bell-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

Narrow-leaved thomasia is found growing in loam, sand plains and occasionally damp locations near creeks from Albany and west to Esperance.

Other Thomasia plants

Thomasia brachystachys · Thomasia cognata · Thomasia dielsii · Thomasia discolor · Thomasia foliosa · Thomasia formosa · Thomasia gardneri · Thomasia glabripetala · Large Flowered Thomasia · Thomasia macrocalyx · Large Fruited Thomasia · Thomasia microphylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thomasia angustifolia 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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