Lasiopetalum oppositifolium

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Lasiopetalum oppositifolium is a small, upright shrub in the mallow family that is found only in the south-west of Western Australia. It typically grows about 0.3–1 metre tall and 0.5–1 metre wide. The young stems are densely woolly and rust-coloured.

Leaves are opposite and narrowly oval, about 4–8 cm long and 0.25–0.7 cm wide, with edges rolled under. The undersides are white and rust-coloured hairy; the upper surface is hairy when young.

Flowers appear in loose groups of four to seven and are white or pale pink with dark red petals. They bloom from July to September, each flower on a short stalk.

The plant was first described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller from specimens collected near the Murchison River by Augustus Oldfield. The name oppositifolium means "opposite leaves."

Habitat is on cliffs, gorge slopes and breakaways in shrubland or scrub near Kalbarri, in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion.

Conservation status: Priority Three — poorly known; known from only a few locations but not currently under imminent threat.