Pimelea stricta

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Pimelea stricta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. stricta
Binomial name
Pimelea stricta
Synonyms [1]
  • Banksia colorans(A.Cunn. ex Meisn.) Kuntze
  • Banksia stricta(Meisn.) Kuntze
  • Pimelea coloransA.Cunn. ex Meisn.
  • Pimelea coloransA.Cunn. ex Meisn. var. colorans
  • Pimelea strictaauct. non Meisn.: Curtis, W.M. (1967)

Pimelea stricta, commonly known as gaunt rice-flower, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic or linear leaves, and compact heads of densely hairy, creamy-white to yellow flowers surrounded by 4 egg-shaped involucral bracts.

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Description

Pimelea stricta is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1.5 m (1 ft 8 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has glabrous stems. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and are narrowly elliptic or linear, 5–35 mm (0.20–1.38 in) long and 1.0–4.5 mm (0.039–0.177 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are bisexual and borne in compact clusters of many hairy, creamy-white to yellow flowers, surrounded by 4 egg-shaped involucral bracts 5–13 mm (0.20–0.51 in) and 3–9 mm (0.12–0.35 in) wide. The bracts are medium green, sometimes with a yellowish or reddish tinge. The floral tube is 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long, and the sepals are 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. Flowering occurs in most months with a peak between August and November. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Pimelea stricta was first formally described in 1854 by Carl Meissner in the journal Linnaea from specimens collected in the Mount Lofty Ranges. [6] The specific epithet, (stricta) means "straight" or "upright". [7]

Distribution and habitat

Gaunt rice-flower mainly grows in open woodland, in mallee or on hills in sandy soils, and is found from north-eastern New South Wales through Victoria to the Eyre Peninsula and Flinders Ranges in south-eastern South Australia. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pimelea stricta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea stricta". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Harden, Gwen. "Pimelea stricta". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Pimelea stricta". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 Entwisle, Timothy J.; Walsh, Neville G. "Pimelea stricta". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pimelea stricta". APNI. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. ↑ William T. Stearn (1992). Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary (4th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 506.
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