''Pimelea mollis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to southern Queensland. It is a shrub with hairy young stems, elliptic leaves and heads of 24 to 45 white, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

''Pimelea mollis'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has hairy young stems, the hairs between long. The leaves are arranged more or less in opposite pairs, elliptic, long and wide, on a petiole long. Both surface of the leaves are sparsely to densely hairy. The flowers are borne in leaf axils in heads of 24 to 45 on a densely hairy rachis long, each flower on a

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long. The floral tube is long and white, the sepals long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering has been observed in March and April, and from August to November.

Taxonomy

''Pimelea mollis '' was first formally described in 2017 by

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in the journal '' Austrobaileya'' from specimens he collected on the

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near

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in 2009. The

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(''mollis'') means "soft", referring to the hairs on the stems and leaves.

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea is found in southern Queensland between

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, Biloela and

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, where it grows in rainforest and nearby eucalypt forest.

References

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Flora of Queensland Malvales of Australia Plants described in 2017 Taxa named by Anthony Bean