Pimelea umbratica
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Pimelea umbratica, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with densely hairy young stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong leaves, and white flowers arranged singly, or in small groups, in leaf axils.
Description
Pimelea umbratica is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.6–1.5|m}}, is densely branched, and has its young stems densely covered with soft, brownish hairs. The leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong, {{cvt|3–26|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–8|mm}} wide on a short petiole. The flowers are white, {{cvt|12–14|mm}} long, arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of branches or in leaf axils, and are bisexual or female. The floral tube is {{cvt|5.0–7.5|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|2.0–2.5|mm}} long. Flowering mainly occurs from April to July and the fruit is about {{cvt|3|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pimelea umbratica|url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pimelea~umbratica |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |accessdate=11 April 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Rye |first1=Barbara L. |title=Pimelea umbratica |url= https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Pimelea%20umbratica |publisher=Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=11 April 2023}}
Taxonomy and naming
Pimelea umbratica was first formally described in 1857 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham of plants he collected near Moreton Bay.{{cite web|title=Pimelea umbratica|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/481730|publisher=APNI|access-date=18 April 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Meissner |first1=Carl |last2=de Candolle |first2=Augustin P. |title=Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis |date=1857 |location=Paris |pages=509–510 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/257288#page/522/mode/1up |access-date=18 April 2023}} The specific epithet (umbratica) means "living in shade".{{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=331 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This pimelea grows in shrubland above rainforest on rocky slopes or ridges, from the ranges north-east of Warwick in south-eastern Queensland to the Tweed Range in north-eastern New South Wales.
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Category:Malvales of Australia
Category:Flora of New South Wales