The striking Flannel Bush is a common sight. They occur throughout Western Australia except for the south coast and north of Port Hedland. Solanum lasiophyllum is a member of the Solanaceae family and as the name implies, is a family and genus that loves the sun. The leaf description, lasiophyllum, comes from the Greek, lasios meaning shaggy or hairy (flannel-like) and phyllon, leaf; hence, hairy leaf.