Lasiopetalum monticola
| Lasiopetalum monticola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Lasiopetalum |
| Species: | L. monticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasiopetalum monticola | |
Lasiopetalum monticola is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender or straggling shrub with densely hairy branchlets, leaves and flowers, egg-shaped leaves and pink, cream-coloured or white flowers.
Description[edit]
Lasiopetalum monticola is an erect, slender or straggling shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.45–1.5 m (1 ft 6 in – 4 ft 11 in), its branches, leaves and flowers densely covered with white or rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, 15–80 mm (0.59–3.15 in) long and 5–40 mm (0.20–1.57 in) wide on a petiole 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. The flowers are borne in racemes of three to fifteen 40–110 mm (1.6–4.3 in) long, each raceme on a peduncle 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long with linear bracts about 5 mm (0.20 in) long at the base and three bracteoles 0.5–1.2 mm (0.020–0.047 in) long below the base of the sepals. The sepals are pink, cream-coloured or white, narrowly egg-shaped and 5.6–6.3 mm (0.22–0.25 in) long. The petals are oblong, about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long, the anthers more or less sessile. Flowering occurs from August to October.[2][3]
Taxonomy[edit]
Lasiopetalum monticola was first formally described in 1974 by Susan Paust in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected from Ellen Peak in the Stirling Range by Alexander Morrison in 1902.[3][4] The specific epithet (monticola) means "a dweller in mountains".[5]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This lasiopetalum grows on steep slopes and gullies on rocky soil in the Stirling Range and on East Mount Barren in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status[edit]
Lasiopetalum monticola is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lasiopetalum monticola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Lasiopetalum monticola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c Paust, Susan (1974). "Taxonomic studies in Thomasia and Lasiopetalum (Sterculiaceae)". Nuytsia. 1 (4): 362. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Lasiopetalum monticola". APNI. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 26 March 2022.