''Pimelea gilgiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Thymelaeaceae and is
endemic to near-coastal areas of north-western Western Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly egg-shaped leaves and head-like clusters of white or pinkish,
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
flowers.
Description
''Pimelea gilgiana'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are narrowly egg-shaped, often with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a short
petiole. The flowers are arranged in heads, the female flowers white with reddish-green
involucral bracts, the
floral tube about long and the
sepals about long. Male flowers are white or pinkish with green involucral bracts, the floral tube long and the
sepals long. Flowering occurs from June to September.
Taxonomy
''Pimelea gilgiana'' was first formally described in 1904 by
Ernst Georg Pritzel in ''
'' from specimens he collected near
Champion Bay.
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 ...
(''gilgiana'') honours
Ernest Friedrich Gilg.
Distribution and habitat
This pimelea grows in sand pockets and rock crevices on coastal limestone outcrops in near-coastal areas south from
Dirk Hartog Island to near
Leeman in the
Carnarvon,
Geraldton Sandplains,
Swan Coastal Plain
The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geol ...
and
Yalgoo bioregions of Western Australia.
Conservation status
''Pimelea gilgiana'' is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) is the Western Australian government
The Government of Western Australia, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government of Western Australia, is the Australian state de ...
.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q17582330
Malvales of Australia
gilgiana
Flora of Western Australia
Taxa named by Ernst Pritzel
Plants described in 1904