English: Pink velvet-bush.
Region: southern Australia; Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales.
Culture: critically endangered.
BotanyBush; 1.5 metre high.
Leaves: long, narrow; 4 to 9 cm long and 0.5 to 3 cm wide; recurved edges; rusty-tomentose on the undersides.
Flowers: reddish-brown petals; calyx white on the outside and pink on the inside; blooming between late winter and spring.
Fruit: hairy seed capsule; 4 to 8 mm in diameter.