Pimelea amabilis explained

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 and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to elliptic, mostly long and wide, on a petiole long, both surface densely hairy. The flowers are borne in spikes of 75 to 250 on a densely hairy rachis long. The flowers are yellowy-green or yellow, the floral tube long, the sepals long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to August.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

This pimelea was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin in his Bibliotheca Botanica.[3] The specific epithet (amabilis) means "lovable" or "pleasing".[4]

Distribution and habitat

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

Notes and References

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