Androcalva melanopetala

Androcalva melanopetala is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to southern inland Western Australia.

It is a sometimes prostrate shrub that has densely hairy new growth, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with rounded teeth on the edges, and clusters of white or cream-coloured and pink to red flowers.

[2] This species was first formally described in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Commersonia melanopetala in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, from specimens collected by Jess Young near "Victoria-Springs".

[3][4] In 2011, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock transferred the species to Androcalva as A. melanopetala in Australian Systematic Botany.

[2][7] Androcalva melanopetala is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.