Lasiopetalum joyceae Blakely APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub to 2 m high.
Leaves linear, 3–9 cm long, mostly 3–6 mm, rarely to 10 mm wide, margins revolute; upper surface dark green and glabrous and with veins visible but not prominent, lower surface whitish to rusty-tomentose and veins not visible.
Cymes few-flowered; peduncle usually longer than petiole; bracteoles 5–8 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, close to calyx. Calyx lobes 8–12 mm long, undulate, pinkish to reddish brown, tomentose outside and within except for thickened margins.
Capsule 3–5 mm diam., tomentose.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath on sandstone; Hornsby Plateau.
NSW subdivisions: CC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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