''Pimelea erecta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, often spreading shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and clusters of erect, white or pale pink flowers.

Description

''Pimelea erecta'' is an erect, often spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of with a single glabrous, pale brown to greyish stem at ground level. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic to egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are arranged in clusters on a

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long with 8 or 10 involucral bracts long and wide at the base, each flower on a hairy

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long. The flowers are white to pink, the flower tube long and the sepals are egg-shaped, densely hairy outside and long. The

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s and style extend beyond the end of the flower tube. Flowering occurs between July and March with a peak between October and January.

Taxonomy

''Pimelea erecta'' was first formally described in 1988 by Barbara Lynette Rye and the description was published in the journal '' Nuytsia''. The

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(''erecta'') refers to the flowers and involucral bracts.

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea grows in sand or clay between the Ongerup and

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in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

''Pimelea erecta'' is listed as "not threatened" by the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17581855 erecta Malvales of Australia Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1988 Taxa named by Barbara Lynette Rye