Pimelea hewardiana

Pimelea hewardiana
Pimelea hewardiana
Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species: P. hewardiana
Binomial name
Pimelea hewardiana
Meisn.
Synonyms

Pimelea hewardiana var. elachantha Meisn.

Pimelea hewardiana, also known as forked riceflower, is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae.[1] The species is native to western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia.[2] Plants are between 40 and 70 cm high and have leaves that are glabrous, narrow-elliptic and about 12mm long and 3mm wide.[3][4] They have blunt tips and arranged in opposite pairs.[4] Small, yellow tubular flowers appear between April and October in the species native range.[3]

The species is listed as "rare" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[5]

References

  1. "Pimelea hewardiana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. "Census of South Australian Vascular Plants Edition 5.00" (PDF). Botanic Gardens of Adelaide & State Herbarium. 2005.
  3. 1 2 "Pimelea hewardiana Meisn.". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  4. 1 2 Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
  5. "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2005" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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