Lasiopetalum monticola

Lasiopetalum monticola is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Lasiopetalum monticola is an erect, slender or straggling shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.45–1.5 m (1 ft 6 in – 4 ft 11 in), its branches, leaves and flowers densely covered with white or rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs.

[2][3] Lasiopetalum monticola was first formally described in 1974 by Susan Paust in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected from Ellen Peak in the Stirling Range by Alexander Morrison in 1902.

[5] This lasiopetalum grows on steep slopes and gullies on rocky soil in the Stirling Range and on East Mount Barren in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

[2][3] Lasiopetalum monticola is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.