Gynatrix pulchella

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{{short description|Dioecious flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia}}

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|name = Hemp bush

|image = Gynatrix pulchella.jpg

|image_caption = Gynatrix pulchella at Mount Waverley, Victoria

|genus = Gynatrix

|species = pulchella

|authority = (Willd.) Alef.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=GYNATRIX+PULCHELLA|title=Gynatrix pulchella |access-date=2008-09-07|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

|synonyms = Abutilon pulchellum (Willd.) Sweet

Abutilon pulchrum (Bertero ex Colla) G.Don

Napaea pulchella (Willd.) Alef.

Plagianthus pulchellus (Willd.) A.Gray

Plagianthus pulchellus var. tomentosus Rodway

Plagianthus tasmanicus (Hook.f.) Benth.

Plagianthus tasmanicus A.Gray

Sida pulchella Willd.

Sida pulchra Bertero ex Colla

Sida tasmanica Hook.f.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1132047-2|title= Gynatrix pulchella (Willd.) Alef.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= September 23, 2020}}

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Gynatrix pulchella, the hemp bush or Aboriginal hemp, is a dioecious flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia.{{cite web|title=The Gynatrix Page|url=http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Gynatrix/Gynatrix.html|work=Malvacae Info|access-date=2008-09-07}} It grows to 3 metres in height and has white or cream flowers. The species occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.