''Pimelea amabilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is a small shrub with narrowly elliptic or elliptic leaves and spikes of hairy, yellowy-green or yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

''Pimelea amabilis'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to elliptic, mostly long and wide, on a petiole long, both surface densely hairy. The flowers are borne in spikes of 75 to 250 on a densely hairy rachis long. The flowers are yellowy-green or yellow, the floral tube long, the sepals long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to August.

Taxonomy

This pimelea was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin in his ''Bibliotheca Botanica''. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''amabilis'') means "lovable" or "pleasing".

Distribution and habitat

''Pimelea amabilis'' grows on rocky outcrops, mostly from the Hann Tableland to

Mount Garnet Mount Garnet is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Garnet had a population of 430 people. Geography Various small communities populate the area around Mount Garnet. These include Tableland ...

and

Mount Surprise Mount Surprise is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Surprise had a population of 169 people. Geography The town is located in the Gulf Savannah in Far North Queensland ...

in north Queensland.

References

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Flora of Queensland Malvales of Australia Plants described in 1928 Taxa named by Karel Domin