Lasiopetalum micranthum 

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

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Plant  information

Common name:                ... 

Conservation status:  ...

•  Is listed as "rare" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (micranthum) means "small-flowered"

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are borne in drooping groups 

• With brown sepal-like bracts 

• Red to greyish-pink or white petal-like sepals

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a hairy capsule up to 8 mm wide

Leaves:         

• The leaves are narrow oblong, mostly 29–60 mm long, the edges rolled under and depressions above the veins on the upper surface

Stem & branches: 

• Branches covered with rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs

Roots:        

Habit:        

• A  low, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm 

Habitat:   

• Grows in forest or woodland at altitudes of up to 300 m

Distribution:                  

• Central east coast of Tasmania between the Meredith and Swan Rivers near Swansea

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Lasiopetalum micranthum was first formally described in 1855 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror

  • From a specimen collected by Ronald Campbell Gunn

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiopetalum_micranthum (2023)