Pink velvet bush | |
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Lasiopetalum behrii in the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Lasiopetalum |
Species: | L. behrii
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Binomial name | |
Lasiopetalum behrii |
Lasiopetalum behrii, commonly known as the pink velvet bush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with lance-shaped, narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves and groups of white to pink and reddish-brown flowers.