Pimelea ciliolaris

Pimelea ciliolaris is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a stunted shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of densely hairy, cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers.

Pimelea ciliolaris
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. ciliolaris
Binomial name
Pimelea ciliolaris
(Threlfall) Rye[1]

Description

Pimelea ciliolaris is a stunted shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in) and has hairy stems. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic or linear, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide with a few hairs on the edge when young. The flowers are borne in compact heads on a peduncle 1–9 mm (0.039–0.354 in) long, surrounded by 9 to 15 involucral bracts 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long and 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) wide tinged with purple. The sepals are about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, the floral tube about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and the stamens usually shorter than the sepals. Flowering occurs from October to December.[2][3]

Taxonomy

This pimelea was first formally described in 1983 by S. Threlfall who gave it the name Pimelea octophylla subsp. ciliolaris in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected in the Warrumbungle Ranges in 1899.[4] In 1990, Barbara Lynette Rye raised the subspecies to species status as Pimelea ciliolaris in the Flora of Australia.[2][5]

Distribution and habitat

Pimelea ciliolaris grows in exposed, rocky places in the Warrumbungles in northern New South Wales.[2][3]

References
  1. "Pimelea ciliolaris". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. Rye, Barbara L. Busby, John R. (ed.). "Pimelea ciliolaris". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea ciliolaris". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. "Pimelea octophylla subsp. ciliolaris". APNI. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. "Pimelea ciliolaris". APNI. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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