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Thomasia macrocalyx is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with densely hairy new growth, egg-shaped leaves with a heart-shaped base and lobed or toothed edges, and groups of pale purple to mauve or white flowers.
This thomasia grows on sandplains, hills and breakaways, often near creeks or on slopes, mainly near the Darling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Narrow Leaved Thomasia · Thomasia brachystachys · Thomasia cognata · Thomasia dielsii · Thomasia discolor · Thomasia foliosa · Thomasia formosa · Thomasia gardneri · Thomasia glabripetala · Large Flowered Thomasia · Large Fruited Thomasia · Thomasia microphylla
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thomasia macrocalyx 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.
