Pimelea neoanglica, commonly known as poison pimelea[2] or scanty riceflower,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to inland areas of eastern Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of greenish-yellow flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. neoanglica
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea neoanglica | |
Description edit
Pimelea neoanglica is an erect, dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has slender, glabrous stems. Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, narrowly elliptic, mostly 4–45 mm (0.16–1.77 in) long and 1.0–5.5 mm (0.039–0.217 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in compact clusters of 3 to 24, usually with 2 narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly elliptic, green involucral bracts 3–23 mm (0.12–0.91 in) long at the base. The flowers are greenish-yellow, the male flowers about 5 mm (0.20 in) long and the female flowers about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Flowering occurs in most months, but with a peak in September and October.[2][4]
Taxonomy edit
Pimelea neoanglica was first formally described in 1983 by S. Threlfall in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected near Warialda by Edwin Cheel in 1929.[5]
Distribution and habitat edit
Poison pimelea mostly grows in clay soils on the Great Dividing Range and nearby ranges of eastern Australia from Carnarvon Station Reserve in Queensland to Gloucester in New South Wales.[2][4]
References edit
- ^ "Pimelea neoanglica". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea neoanglica". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Pimelea neoanglica". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ a b Rye, Barbara L. Busby, John R. (ed.). "Pimelea neoanglica". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Pimelea neoanglica". APNI. Retrieved 25 February 2023.