Pimelea spectabilis

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Pimelea spectabilis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. spectabilis
Binomial name
Pimelea spectabilis
Synonyms [1]
  • Banksia spectabilis(Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Heterolaena spectabilis(Lindl.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Fisch. & Ave-Lall.
  • Pimelea spectabilisLindl. var. spectabilis

Pimelea spectabilis, or bunjong, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with very narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of white, pale pink or pale yellow flowers surrounded by 4 or 6 egg-shaped involucral bracts.

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Description

Pimelea spectabilis is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2 m (1 ft 8 in – 6 ft 7 in) and usually has a single stem at ground level. The leaves are narrowly or very narrowly elliptic, 11–55 mm (0.43–2.17 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide on a petiole 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long. The upper surface is often bluish and the lower surface is a paler shade of green. The flowers are white, pale pink or pale yellow and arranged in heads on a peduncle 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) long, each flower on a hairy pedicel 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The heads are surrounded by 4 or 6 egg-shaped to broadly egg-shaped, green to reddish involucral bracts 16–30 mm (0.63–1.18 in) long and 9–20 mm (0.35–0.79 in) wide. The flower tube is 13–19 mm (0.51–0.75 in) long, the sepals 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long, and the stamens are longer than the sepals. Flowering mainly occurs from September to November. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Pimelea spectabilis was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley in his A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony . [6] [7] The specific epithet (spectabilis) means "remarkable" or "spectacular". [8]

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea usually grows on hills, often in jarrah forest, and occurs between Cape Naturaliste and 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] [4] [5]

Conservation status

Pimelea sessilis is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pimelea spectabilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Pimelea spectabilis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea spectabilis". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. (1988). "A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae". Nuytsia. 6 (2): 236–238. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. (1999). "An updated revision of Pimelea sect. Heterolaena (Thymelaeaceae), including two new taxa". Nuytsia. 13 (1): 189–190. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pimelea spectabilis". APNI. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Lindley, John (1839). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. London: James Ridgway. p. xli. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 310. ISBN   9780958034180.
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