Thomasia pygmaea

Tiny thomasia
In Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Thomasia
Species:
T. pygmaea
Binomial name
Thomasia pygmaea
Synonyms
  • Asterochiton pygmaeus Turcz.
  • Lasiopetalum pygmaeum (Turcz.) F.Muell.
  • Lasiopetalum pygmalum F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Lasiopetalum pymacum F.Muell. orth. var.

Thomasia pygmaea, commonly known as tiny thomasia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is a low, dense, compact shrub with broadly heart-shaped to egg-shaped or more or less round leaves and pink to purple flowers.

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