Lasiopetalum baueri, commonly known as slender velvet bush,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia.

Lasiopetalum baueri is a greyish, densely foliaged, spreading shrub 0.3–1.5 m (12–59 in) high and 1–2.5 m (3.3–8.2 ft) wide, its new growth prominently covered with red-brown hair.

The sepals are 3.4–5.7 mm (0.13–0.22 in) long and usually pink or white with a green base, the outer surface densely covered with star-shaped hairs.

[1][2][3][4][5] Lasiopetalum baueri was first formally described in 1806 by Joachim Steetz in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected by the botanical illustrator Ferdinand Bauer.

[5] Lasiopetalum baueri can be readily grown in dryer climates in well-drained soils and sunny aspects, and is used as a windbreak or hedge.