''Pimelea traversii'' is a species of shrub in the family

Thymelaeaceae The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.Zachary S. Rogers (2009 onwards)A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1) Missouri Botanical Garden Website, St. Louis. It ...

. It is native to

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. The

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''traversii'' is in honor of naturalist

Henry H. Travers Henry Hammersley Travers (1844 – 16 February 1928) was a New Zealand naturalist, professional collector and taxidermist. He was the son of the politician William Travers. Born in Hythe, Kent, England, in 1844, and baptised at Cheriton, Kent ...

(1844-1928), son of William Thomas Locke Travers.

Description

The shrub grows bushy. Its branches grow tall and erect. It grows up to tall, with hairy white and pink flowers that flower from October to April. It can be found on arenite, rock outcrops, and stable stone fields. This species is one of several within its genus that plays host to the endemic moth '' Notoreas elegans.''

References

traversii Flora of New Zealand {{Thymelaeaceae-stub