Pimelea cinerea explained

Pimelea cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender shrub with more or less elliptic leaves, and heads of white flowers surrounded by leaves.

Description

Pimelea cinerea is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of, the stems densely hairy but with few branches. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic to narrowly elliptic or oblong, long and wide on a short petiole. The flowers are borne in few-flowered heads surrounded by 2, 4 or 6 bract-like leaves, and are bisexual, white and hairy on a hairy pedicel, the floral tube long and the sepals about long. Flowering occurs from November to January.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy and naming

Pimelea cinerea was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his book Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.^{[3] [4]} The specific epithet (cinerea) means "ash-coloured" or "grey".^[5]

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea grows in forest in the south and west of Tasmania, mainly at altitudes between .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rye . Barbara L. . Pimelea brevifolia . Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. . 11 August 2022.
2. Book: Rodway . Leonard . The Tasmanian Flora . 1903 . Tasmanian Government Printer . Hobart . 172 . 11 August 2022.
3. Web site: Pimelea cinerea. APNI. 11 August 2022.
4. Book: Brown . Robert . Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 . 1810 . Typis R. Taylor et socii . London . 361 . 11 August 2022.
5. Book: Francis Aubie Sharr. Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, Western Australia . 9780958034180 . 164.