endangered

摘要

Woolly lysiosepalum . A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Lysiosepalum is a small genus of five species endemic to the Albany-Geraldton area of Western Australia. All are shrubs to 1.5 metre high with attractive pink or pink-mauve, star-shaped flowers. Petals are reduced to scales or are absent, and the six sepals are petal-like. The name Lysiosepalum is derived from the Greek lysios, meaning loosening, and the Latin sepalum, meaning sepal, in reference to the divided sepals found in all species.