Lasiopetalum molle
Lasiopetalum molle, commonly known as soft leaved lasiopetalum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading subshrub or shrub with hairy stems, thick and stiff egg-shaped leaves and pink flowers. Description
Lasiopetalum molle is an erect or spreading subshrub or shrub that typically grows to a height of , its young stems densely woolly-hairy with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, mostly  long and  wide on a petiole  long. The flowers are borne in dense clusters of nine to eleven flowers on a hairy peduncle  long, the individual flowers on pedicels  long with egg-shaped bracts  long at the base. There are also pinkish, egg-shaped bracteoles  long below the base of the sepals. The sepals are pink and petal-like,  long and joined near the base, the lobes  long. There are no petals and the anthers are  long on a filament  long. Flowering occurs from July to October. Taxonomy
Lasiopetalum molle was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony. The specific epithet (molle) means "soft". Distribution and habitat
This lasiopetalum grows in open mallee woodland from Wongan Hills to Newdegate in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. Conservation status
Lasiopetalum molle is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. References

molle
Malvales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Taxa named by George Bentham
Plants described in 1863