Pimelea amabilis

Pimelea amabilis
Near the Tate River
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. amabilis
Binomial name
Pimelea amabilis

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 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to elliptic, mostly 20–36 mm (0.79–1.42 in) long and 4–11 mm (0.16–0.43 in) wide, on a petiole 0.3–1 mm (0.012–0.039 in) long, both surface densely hairy. The flowers are borne in spikes of 75 to 250 on a densely hairy rachis 17–70 mm (0.67–2.76 in) long. The flowers are yellowy-green or yellow, the floral tube 4.5–6.2 mm (0.18–0.24 in) long, the sepals 0.6–1.3 mm (0.024–0.051 in) long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to August.

Taxonomy

This pimelea was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin in his Bibliotheca Botanica. The specific epithet (amabilis) means "lovable" or "pleasing".

Distribution and habitat

Pimelea amabilis grows on rocky outcrops, mostly from the Hann Tableland to Mount Garnet and Mount Surprise in north Queensland.

References

  1. ↑ "Pimelea amabilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Pimelea sericostachya subsp. amabilis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 Bean, Anthony R. (2017). "A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland". Austrobaileya. 10 (1): 7. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pimelea amabilis". APNI. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780958034180.