Guichenotia intermedia
Guichenotia intermedia is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with hairy leaves and mauve-pink flowers. Description
Guichenotia intermedia is a small, upright, spreading shrub to  high,  wide and new growth covered in white star-shaped hairs. The leaves are linear shaped,  long,  wide, upper and lower surfaces covered densely with white star-shaped hairs, margins rolled under and rounded at the apex. The flowers are borne in clusters of two or three,  in diameter on a peduncle  long and the petals are dark red up to  long. The calyx are mauve-pink , lobes  long, joined halfway, inner surface has star-shaped hairs, outer surface has white star-shaped hairs and the pedicel  long. The green bracts are at the base of each pedicel, oval-shaped,  long and  wide. Flowering occurs in May or July to August and the fruit is woody, thin and  in diameter. Taxonomy and naming
Guichenotia intermedia was first formally described in 2003 by  Carolyn F. Wilkins and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany. The specific epithet (intermedia) means "coming between". Distribution and habitat
This species of guichenotia is found on scrublands, roadsides, sandy flats and coastal heath from Kalbarri and north to Shark Bay. References

Malvales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Plants described in 2003
intermedia
Endemic flora of Western Australia