Pimelea argentea

Narrow leaved pimelea
	Female flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Pimelea
Species:	P. argentea
Binomial name
	Pimelea argentea; R.Br.
Synonyms
	List Banksia argentea(R.Br.) Kuntze ; Calyptrostegia argentea(R.Br.) C.A.Mey. ; Calyptrostegia myriantha(Meisn.) Endl. ; Pimelea argenteaR.Br. var. argentea; Pimelea argentea var. racemosa F.Muell. ; Pimelea myrianthaMeisn.; Pimelea shuttleworthianaMeisn.; Pimelea vestitaMeisn.;

Last updated July 29, 2022

Pimelea argentea, commonly known as silvery leaved pimelea,^[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 densely hairy young stems and leaves, the leaves linear to elliptic, and heads of white to yellow or greenish flowers, the male and female flowers on separate plants.

Description

Pimelea argentea is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.8 m (1 ft 4 in – 5 ft 11 in) and has densely hairy young stems and leaves. The leaves are pale green or silvery, linear to more or less elliptic, 4–47 mm (0.16–1.85 in) long and 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) wide and usually sessile. Male and female flowers are white to yellow or greenish, and borne on separate plants. Male flowers have a floral tube 3.0–5.5 mm (0.12–0.22 in) long, the sepals hairy on the outside and 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long, the stamens about the same length as the sepals. The floral tube of female flowers is 2.5–5.0 mm (0.098–0.197 in) long, the sepals 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long and hairy on the outside, the style 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) long and protruding.^[3]^[4]

Taxonomy and naming

Pimelea argentea 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 (argentea) means "silvery".^[7]

Distribution and habitat

Silvery leaved pimelea mostly grows in sand and is found on coastal dunes and in rocky granite areas from the Murchison River to Israelite Bay and inland as far as Hyden.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Conservation status

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

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References

1 2 "Pimelea argentea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
1 2 3 "Pimelea argentea". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea argentea". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
1 2 Rye, Barbara L. (1988). "A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae". Nuytsia. 6 (2): 169–. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
↑ "Pimelea argentea". APNI. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
↑ 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. 362. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
↑ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] 1 2 "Pimelea argentea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[FB-2] 1 2 3 "Pimelea argentea". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[ABRS-3] 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea argentea". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[Nuytsia-4] 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. (1988). "A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae". Nuytsia. 6 (2): 169–. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[APNI-5] "Pimelea argentea". APNI. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[R.Br.-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. 362. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[Sharr-7] Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780958034180.

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