Pimelea hewardiana
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Pimelea hewardiana | |
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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 Rice-flower, 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
- ↑ "Pimelea hewardiana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Census of South Australian Vascular Plants Edition 5.00". Botanic Gardens of Adelaide & State Herbarium. 2005.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pimelea hewardiana Meisn.". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
- ↑ "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2005". Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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