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{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Oak-leaf thomasia
|image = Thomasia quercifolia flowers 02.jpg
|genus = Thomasia
|species = quercifolia
|status_system = DECF
|status = P4
|authority = ([[Henry Cranke Andrews|Andrews]]) [[J.Gay]]<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Thomasia quercifolia'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/65933 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
| synonyms = ''[[Lasiopetalum]] quercifolium'' <small>Andrews</small>
|}}
[[File:Thomasia quercifolia.jpg|thumb|Habit]]
[[File:Thomasia quercifolia foliage.jpg|thumb|Foliage]]

'''''Thomasia quercifolia''''', commonly known as '''oak leaved thomasia''',<ref name="WA"/> is a flowering plant in the family [[Malvaceae]] and is [[endemic]] to the [[Southwest Australia|south-west]] of Western Australia. It has egg-shaped, lobed leaves with a heart-shaped base, and pink to mauve flowers.

==Description==
''Thomasia quercifolia'' is a densely-branched, low shrub that typically grows to {{cvt|10–30|cm}} high and {{cvt|80–100|cm}} wide, the stems covered with rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped with a heart-shaped base, {{cvt|7–30|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–25|mm}} wide, on a [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] up to {{cvt|12|mm}} long. The leaves usually have 5 lobes, the lobes often further or toothed. Both surfaces of the leaves are covered with star-shaped hairs, more densely so on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of 2 to 8 on a [[raceme]] usually up to {{cvt|30|mm}} long on a hairy [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] {{cvt|8–10|mm}} long with hairy, linear [[Bract#Bracteole|bracteoles]] {{cvt|3–5|mm}} long at the base of each flower, the flowers {{cvt|5–8|mm}} in diameter. The [[sepal]]s are pink to mauve with a few coarse hairs. Flowering occurs from
August to December.<ref name=WA>{{FloraBase|id=5096|name=''Thomasia quercifolia''}}</ref><ref name="Blake">{{cite book |last1=Blake |first1=Trevor L. |title=Lantern bushes of Australia; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide |date=2021 |publisher=Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group |location=Victoria |isbn=9780646839301 |pages=54–55}}</ref><ref name="FLORA">{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |title=Flora Australiensis |date=1863 |publisher=Lovell Reeve |location=London |page=252 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/3669#page/310/mode/1up |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

==Taxonomy and naming==
The species was first formally described by botanist [[Henry Cranke Andrews]] in ''The Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants'' in 1806. He gave it the name ''Lasiopetalum quercifolium '' [[Jaques Étienne Gay]] transferred the species to the genus ''[[Thomasia]]'' in 1861 as ''Thomasia quercifolia''.<ref name=APNI>{{APNI | name = ''Thomasia quercifolia'' | id = 11427}}</ref> The [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''quercifolia'') means "oak leaved".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2021 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=299 |edition=4th}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
Oak leaved thomasia grows in coastal heath over limestone near the south coast of Western Australia, between the [[Walpole-Nornalup National Park]] and [[Bremer Bay]] in the [[Jarrah Forest]] and [[Warren bioregion|Warren]] bioregions of south-western Western Australia.<ref name="Blake" /><ref name="WA"/><ref name="FLORA"/>

==Conservation status==
''Thomasia quercifolia'' is listed as "[[Declared Rare and Priority Flora List|Priority Four]]" by the Government of Western Australia [[Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia)|Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions]],<ref name="WA" /> meaning that it is rare or near threatened.<ref name=codes>{{cite web|title=Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna|url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf|publisher=Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife|accessdate=12 February 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Rosids of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1806]]
[[Category:Thomasia|quercifolia]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Southwest Australia]]

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