Pimelea amabilis

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Pimelea amabilis
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Near the Tate River
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. amabilis
Binomial name
Pimelea amabilis

Pimelea amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is a small shrub with narrowly elliptic or elliptic leaves and spikes of hairy, yellowy-green or yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

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Description

Pimelea amabilis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to elliptic, mostly 20–36 mm (0.79–1.42 in) long and 4–11 mm (0.16–0.43 in) wide, on a petiole 0.3–1 mm (0.012–0.039 in) long, both surface densely hairy. The flowers are borne in spikes of 75 to 250 on a densely hairy rachis 17–70 mm (0.67–2.76 in) long. The flowers are yellowy-green or yellow, the floral tube 4.5–6.2 mm (0.18–0.24 in) long, the sepals 0.6–1.3 mm (0.024–0.051 in) long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to August. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This pimelea was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin in his Bibliotheca Botanica. [4] The specific epithet (amabilis) means "lovable" or "pleasing". [5]

Distribution and habitat

Pimelea amabilis grows on rocky outcrops, mostly from the Hann Tableland to Mount Garnet and Mount Surprise in north Queensland. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Pimelea sericostachya subsp. amabilis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 Bean, Anthony R. (2017). "A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland". Austrobaileya. 10 (1): 7. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. "Pimelea amabilis". APNI. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 131. ISBN   9780958034180.