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Thomasia microphylla

Thomasia microphylla
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Thomasia microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and racemes of pale pink or mauve flowers.

Where it grows

This thomasia grows in sandy coastal heath, on laterite, loam or clay in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions in the south of Western Australia.

Other Thomasia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thomasia microphylla 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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