Pimelea linifolia

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Pimelea linifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: P. linifolia
Binomial name
Pimelea linifolia Sm.

Pimelea linifolia is an Australian shrub, variously known as Queen-of-the-bush and the Slender or Flax-leafed Riceflower. It is widespread throughout the south and east of the continent and is toxic to livestock.^{[1] [2]}

The bark is used for a fine strong thread for catching Agrotis infusa. Pieces of string, called a 'Bushman's bootlace', are produced by a process involving a fire, a stream, a thigh and a week.^[3]

[edit] Description

The plant is prostrate or 1.5 m high. The leaves of the species are narrow or oblanceolate, 2-7 mm, and may be up to 30mm long. Up to 60 white flowers form brachteate heads on glabrous peduncles, bracts are 4 or 8. It was first published in 1793 by James Edward Smith, in his A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland.

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