Abutilon leucopetalum
Abutilon leucopetalum commonly known as desert Chinese lantern,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Australia.It is a small shrub with yellow flowers and branches densely covered with soft hairs.Abutilon leucopetalum is a small shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high or more with a dense covering on branches of thick, velvety, star-shaped hairs mixed with longer, spreading simple hairs including the lobes and calyx.Flowering may occur at any time of the year and the fruit is a capsule 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) in diameter, consisting of 7-10 segments containing 2 or 3 dark, softly hairy seeds.[6] Desert Chinese-lantern grows on ridges, rocky hills, creek beds and shallow soils in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.