{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox |image = Guichenotia intermedia 01.jpg |image_caption = |genus = Guichenotia |species = intermedia |authority = C.F.Wilkins<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Guichenotia intermedia'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/181989 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> |synonyms= }}
'''''Guichenotia intermedia''''' is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with hairy leaves and mauve-pink flowers.
==Description== ''Guichenotia intermedia'' is a small, upright, spreading shrub to {{cvt|0.3-1.5|m}} high, {{cvt|1|m}} wide and new growth covered in white star-shaped hairs. The leaves are linear shaped, {{cvt|18-21|mm}} long, {{cvt|1.5-2|mm}} wide, upper and lower surfaces covered densely with white star-shaped hairs, margins rolled under and rounded at the apex. The flowers are borne in clusters of two or three, {{cvt|2-2.5|cm}} in diameter on a peduncle {{cvt|7-16|mm}} long and the petals are dark red up to {{cvt|2|mm}} long. The calyx are mauve-pink, lobes {{cvt|10-15|mm}} long, joined halfway, inner surface has star-shaped hairs, outer surface has white star-shaped hairs and the pedicel {{cvt|10|mm}} long. The green bracts are at the base of each pedicel, oval-shaped, {{cvt|7-9|mm}} long and {{cvt|3-4|mm}} wide. Flowering occurs in May or July to August and the fruit is woody, thin and {{cvt|8|mm}} in diameter.<ref name="FLORABASE">{{cite web |last1=Spooner |first1=Amanda |title=''Guichenotia intermedia'' |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/19885 |website=Florabase-the Western Australia Flora |publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attraction |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="BLAKE">{{cite book |last1=Blake |first1=Trevor |title=Lantern Bushes of Australia; Thomasias & Allied Genera |date=2021 |publisher=APS Keilor Plains Inc |location=Victoria |isbn=9780646839301 |pages=228–229}}</ref>
==Taxonomy and naming== ''Guichenotia intermedia'' was first formally described in 2003 by Carolyn F. Wilkins and the description was published in ''Australian Systematic Botany''.<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Guichenotia intermedia'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Guichenotia+intermedia+C.F.Wilkins&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> The specific epithet (''intermedia'') means "coming between".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=231 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== This species of guichenotia is found on scrublands, roadsides, sandy flats and coastal heath from Kalbarri and north to Shark Bay.<ref name="FLORABASE"/><ref name="BLAKE"/>
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Category:Malvales of Australia Category:Rosids of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 2003 intermedia Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia