Pimelea elongata
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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Pimelea elongata is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to inland areas of eastern Australia. It is a slender forb with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and spikes of hairy, yellowish-green flowers.
Description
Pimelea elongata is a slender forb that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|15–40|cm}} and has a woody base. Its leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, usually glabrous, {{cvt|7–15|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.4–2.8|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|0.5–0.6|mm}} long. The flowers are borne in spikes on the ends of branches on a peduncle up to {{cvt|8|mm}} long. Ech spike has 17 to 42 flowers on a rachis {{cvt|18–100|mm}} long, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|0.5–0.9|mm}} long and lack bracts. The floral tube is {{cvt|2.5–3|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|0.5–0.8|mm}} long, glabrous on the inside and moderately hairy outside. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is green.{{cite web |title=Pimelea elongata |last1=Rye |first1=Barbara L.|editor-last1=Busby |editor-first1=John R. | url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Pimelea%20elongata |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date= 2 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pimelea elongata |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pimelea~elongata |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=2 November 2022}}{{cite web |title=Pimele elongata |url=http://flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?genus=Pimelea&species=elongata |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=2 November 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Threlfall |first1=S. |title=Pimelea elongata (Thymelaeaceae) a new species from inland Australia. |journal=Telopea |date=1980 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=55–56 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264273#page/63/mode/1up |access-date=2 November 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 |pages=16–17 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59894783#page/21/mode/1up |access-date=2 November 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pimelea elongata was first formally described in 1980 by S. Threlfall in the journal Telopea from specimens collected near Cheepie in 1970.{{cite web|title=Pimelea elongata|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/476367 |publisher=APNI|access-date=2 November 2022}}
Distribution and habitat
This pimelea grows in heavy-textured soils with a thin, sandy upper layer and is found in northern new South Wales, east of Charleville in south-eastern Queensland and in the northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It is poisonous to livestock.
Conservation status
This species is listed as "endangered" in New South Wales under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.{{cite web |title=Rice Flower - profile |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10630 |publisher=New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage |access-date=2 November 2022}}
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Category:Malvales of Australia
Category:Plants described in 1980