The name honours Lawrence A.S. Johnson, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 1972-1985.

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Type Kerrabee Mountain, Kerrabee, NSW, 16th October 1955, L.A.S. Johnson NSW.
Distribution NSW in the Goulburn River Catchment at Coxs Gap, Gungal, Widden and Kerrabee areas, and also Brown Mountain and Brogo Dam locality.

Size Pine like spreading shrub 2-4.5 m high with a single prominent trunk.

Flower Colour Perianth pink with a cream white to yellow limb, occasionally uniformly orange; style red.