Asterolasia pallida

Asterolasia pallida is a species of woody, perennial herb that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has elliptical leaves and white flowers arranged in umbels of three to six with star-shaped hairs on the back of the petals and fifteen to twenty-five stamens.
Description.
"Asterolasia pallida" is a woody, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of about and sometimes forms a rhizome. The leaves are elliptical, long and covered with star-shaped hairs on the lower side. The flowers are arranged in umbels of three to six in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a thin pedicel long. The petals are white, elliptical, long, with rust-coloured and colourless, star-shaped hairs on the back, and there are fifteen to twenty-five stamens.
Taxonomy.
"Asterolasia pallida" was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham and the description was published in "Flora Australiensis" from specimens collected by James Drummond.
In 1998, Paul Wilson described two subspecies and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
Distribution and habitat.
This species grows on laterite in jarrah - marri woodland on the Darling Range from near Perth to Manjimup. Subspecies "hyalina" is restricted to the Dryandra State Forest.
Conservation status.
"Asterolasia pallida" is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.