Pimelea amabilis
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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|image_caption = Near the Tate River
|genus = Pimelea
|species = amabilis
|authority = (Domin) A.R.Bean{{cite web |title=Pimelea amabilis |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/50002332|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=9 July 2022}}
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Pimelea amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is a small shrub with narrowly elliptic or elliptic leaves and spikes of hairy, yellowy-green or yellow, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
Pimelea amabilis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.5–1|m}} and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to elliptic, mostly {{cvt|20–36|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–11|mm}} wide, on a petiole {{cvt|0.3–1|mm}} long, both surface densely hairy. The flowers are borne in spikes of 75 to 250 on a densely hairy rachis {{cvt|17–70|mm}} long. The flowers are yellowy-green or yellow, the floral tube {{cvt|4.5–6.2|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|0.6–1.3|mm}} long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to August.{{cite web |title=Pimelea sericostachya subsp. amabilis |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Pimelea%20sericostachya%20subsp.%20amabilis |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=9 July 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Bean |first1=Anthony R. |title=A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland |journal=Austrobaileya |date=2017 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=7 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281476#page/12/mode/1up |access-date=11 July 2022}}
Taxonomy
This pimelea was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin in his Bibliotheca Botanica.{{cite web|title=Pimelea amabilis|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/480926 |publisher=APNI|access-date=9 July 2022}} The specific epithet (amabilis) means "lovable" or "pleasing".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=131 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Pimelea amabilis grows on rocky outcrops, mostly from the Hann Tableland to Mount Garnet and Mount Surprise in north Queensland.
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Category:Malvales of Australia