Pimelea longiflora

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Pimelea longiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. longiflora
Binomial name
Pimelea longiflora
Synonyms [1]
  • Banksia longiflora(R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Calyptrostegia longiflora(R.Br.) Endl.

Pimelea longiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and erect clusters of white to cream-coloured flowers, surrounded by 4 to 6 green, egg-shaped involucral bracts.

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Description

Pimelea longiflora is an erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.3 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 3 in) and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, 4–18 mm (0.16–0.71 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are arranged in erect clusters of many flowers on a peduncle 2–20 mm (0.079–0.787 in) long, surrounded by 4 to 6 egg-shaped or narrowly egg-shaped involucral bracts that are 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long and 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) wide. Each flower is on a pedicel 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) long, the floral tube 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long, and the sepals 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to February. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Pimelea longiflora was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his book Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen . [5] [6] The specific epithet (longiflora) means "long-flowered". [7]

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea usually grows in swampy, winter-wet places in sand or sandy clay, mainly between Bunbury and Cape Riche, with a disjunct population in the Fitzgerald River National Park, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Pimelea longiflora is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pimelea longiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea longiflora". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pimelea longiflora". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. Rye, Barbara L. (1988). "A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae". Nuytsia. 6 (2): 194–197. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. "Pimelea longiflora". APNI. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. London: Typis R. Taylor et socii. p. 360. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 242. ISBN   9780958034180.