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Thomasia purpurea

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Malvaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Malvales

Genus
  
Thomasia

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Similar
  
Thomasia macrocarpa, Thomasia, Thomasia quercifolia, Thomasia solanacea, Thomasia grandiflora

Thomasia purpurea is a small shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It usually grows to between 0.3 and 1.2 metres in height. Pink to purple flowers are produced between April and December in the species native range.

The species was first formally described by Swedish botanist Jonas Carlsson Dryander, his description published in William Aiton's Hortus Kewensis in 1811 as Lasiopetalum purpureum. The type specimen was collected by botanist Robert Brown from King George Sound in 1801. In 1821 French botanist Jacques Etienne Gay placed the species in the genus Thomasia.

References

Thomasia purpurea Wikipedia