Kingdom Plantae Family Malvaceae Scientific name Thomasia quercifolia | Order Malvales Genus Thomasia Rank Species | |
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Similar Thomasia grandiflora, Thomasia purpurea, Thomasia | ||
Thomasia quercifolia, the oak-leaf thomasia, is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
It grows to around 1 metre in height.
The species was first formally described by botanist H.C. Andrews in The Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants in 1806. He gave it the name Lasiopetalum quercifolium J.E. Gay transferred the species to the genus Thomasia in 1861.
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