Thomasia quercifolia
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Thomasia quercifolia is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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It grows to around 1 metre in height.

The species was first formally described by botanist H.C. Andrews in The Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants in 1806. He gave it the name Lasiopetalum quercifolium J.E. Gay transferred the species to the genus Thomasia
Thomasia
Thomasia is a genus of plants which are native to southern Australia. All but one species is restricted to the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia; the other occurs in South Australia and Victoria.Species include:...

in 1861.
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