Pimelea sulphurea Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Pimelea

Characteristics

Shrub 15–60 cm high. Stems glabrous. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, narrowly elliptic to circular, glabrous, concolorous, medium green or bluish green; lamina 2–16 mm long, 1.5–9 mm wide. Inflorescence pendulous, compact, many-flowered; involucral bracts in 3 or more pairs, narrowly elliptic or circular, 4–15 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, glabrous or nearly so outside, usually hairy inside, leaf-like in colour or more yellowish; innermost bracts ciliate. Flowers bisexual or rarely female, hairy outside, glabrous inside, yellow. Hypanthium 6.5–17 mm long, circumscissile; style-portion 4–14 mm long. Sepals 2–5 mm long. Stamens shorter or longer than sepals; anther locules semi-latrorse. Ovary distally hairy.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Usually grows in sand, often with gravel or more solid laterite, in woodland or shrubland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

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Distribution

Pimelea sulphurea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832696-1
WFO ID wfo-0001283370
COL ID 4HW9D
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Synonyms

Banksia sulfurea Calyptrostegia sulphurea Pimelea sulphurea