Family: Sterculiaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 1.5m high and covered in rusty hairs.
Flowers: Rusty, hairy with 5 sepals enclosing minute petals held in drooping clusters.
Flowering: September-November.
Fruit: Hairy capsule, 3-5mm diameter
Leaves: Linear 2-12cm long and up to 1cm wide with recurved margins. They are dark green above with rusty hairs below. The young leaves have lobed margins near their base.
Habitat: Common in dry sclerophyll forest, also found in heathland.
Features: Rusty hairy stems and flowers. Linear mature leaves but lobed margins on juvenile leaves. Rusty hairs on undersides of leaves.
Name:
Lasiopetalum From Greek = wooly-petals
ferrugineum From Latin = rust-coloured
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Rust |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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