| Pimelea umbratica | |
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| In Main Range National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. umbratica
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea umbratica | |
Pimelea umbratica, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with densely hairy young stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong leaves, and white flowers arranged singly, or in small groups, in leaf axils.
Description[edit]
Pimelea umbratica is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–1.5 m (2 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in), is densely branched, and has its young stems densely covered with soft, brownish hairs. The leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong, 3–26 mm (0.12–1.02 in) long and 1.5–8 mm (0.059–0.315 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are white, 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in) long, arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of branches or in leaf axils, and are bisexual or female. The floral tube is 5.0–7.5 mm (0.20–0.30 in) long, the sepals 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from April to July and the fruit is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming[edit]
Pimelea umbratica was first formally described in 1857 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham of plants he collected near Moreton Bay.[4][5] The specific epithet (umbratica) means "living in shade".[6]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This pimelea grows in shrubland above rainforest on rocky slopes or ridges, from the ranges north-east of Warwick in south-eastern Queensland to the Tweed Range in north-eastern New South Wales.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pimelea umbratica". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea umbratica". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea umbratica". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Pimelea umbratica". APNI. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ Meissner, Carl; de Candolle, Augustin P. (1857). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Paris. pp. 509–510. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 331. ISBN 9780958034180.