Lasiopetalum micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to a small region of eastern Tasmania.
It is a low, spreading shrub with thin, rusty-hairy branches, narrow oblong leaves and drooping, star-shaped red to greyish-pink or white flowers.
Lasiopetalum micranthum is a low, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in), its branches covered with rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs.
The flowers are borne in drooping groups with brown sepal-like bracts and red to greyish-pink or white petal-like sepals.
[7] This lasiopetalum grows in forest or woodland at altitudes of up to 300 m (980 ft) in the central east coast of Tasmania between the Meredith and Swan Rivers near Swansea.