Lasiopetalum Sm.

Staminodes absent. Petals scale like Lasiopetalum
Calyx lobes tomentose or pubescent both inside and outside
Leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate or cordate, 1–10 cm long
Leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate, 3–10 cm long, entire, sinuate or with short lobes, glabrous on upper surface. Cymes narrow or spreading, 5–10-flowered. Calyx lobes ovate, 5–8 mm long, acute, thick, deep rusty to light brown tomentose outside, whitish tomentose inside. Erect or diffuse shrub 1–3 m high but prostrate on exposed headlands near the sea. Widespread. Heath and DSF. Sandy soils. Fl. spring Lasiopetalum ferrugineumferrugineum
Leaves cordate at the base, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1–10 cm long. The leaves are often shorter than in var. ferrugineum but the leaf margins, inflorescence and flowers are similar. Erect or diffuse shrub up to 1 m high. Blue Mts Sandy soils. Fl. spring Lasiopetalum ferrugineumcordatum