Tiny thomasia | |
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In Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Thomasia |
Species: | T. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Thomasia pygmaea | |
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Thomasia pygmaea, commonly known as tiny thomasia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is a low, dense, compact shrub with broadly heart-shaped to egg-shaped or more or less round leaves and pink to purple flowers.