Lasiopetalum parviflorum Rudge APNI*
Description: Shrub 0.5–1 m high.
Leaves mostly 3–6 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, margins revolute; upper surface green and sparsely pubescent becoming glabrous with secondary veins visible but not impressed, lower surface grey- to rusty-tomentose and with secondary veins mostly obscure; petiole 2–3 mm long.
Cymes several-flowered, shortly pedunculate, much shorter than leaves; bracteoles almost linear, 1.5–2 mm long. Calyx lobes c. 3 mm long, glabrous on inner surface, whitish tomentose on outer surface.
Capsule 3–5 mm diam., tomentose.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open forest or cleared areas.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Text by G. J. Harden Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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