''Pimelea elongata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to inland areas of eastern Australia. It is a slender
forb with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and spikes of hairy, yellowish-green flowers.
Description
''Pimelea elongata'' is a slender forb that typically grows to a height of and has a woody base. Its leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, usually
glabrous, long and wide on a
petiole long. The flowers are borne in spikes on the ends of branches on a
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
up to long. Ech spike has 17 to 42 flowers on a
rachis long, each flower on a
pedicel
Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
Human anatomy
*Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
...
long and lack
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s. The
floral tube is long, the
sepals long, glabrous on the inside and moderately hairy outside. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is green.
Taxonomy
''Pimelea elongata'' was first formally described in 1980 by
S. Threlfall
S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.
S may also refer to:
History
* an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics
* Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s ...
in the journal ''
Telopea'' from specimens collected near
Cheepie in 1970.
Distribution and habitat
This pimelea grows in heavy-textured soils with a thin, sandy upper layer and is found in northern new South Wales, east of
Charleville in south-eastern Queensland and in the northern
Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It is poisonous to livestock.
Conservation status
This species is listed as "endangered" in New South Wales under the ''
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''.
References
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elongata
Malvales of Australia
Plants described in 1980
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Queensland
Flora of New South Wales