Pimelea is a genus of plants belonging to the family
ThymelaeaceaeThymelaeaceae is a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera and 898 species. It was established in 1789 by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.Thymelaeaceae is in the order Malvales...
. There are about 80 species in the genus, native to
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and
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. Many of the species are poisonous to cattle.
Selected species
- Pimelea alpina
Pimelea alpina is a small shrub species in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to Southern Australia.It has an prostrate or erect habit, growing up to 30 cm in height. Leaves are 3 to 13 mm long and 1 to 3 mm wide, opposite, and crowded toward the ends of branchlets...
- Alpine Riceflower
- Pimelea arenaria
- Pimelea brachyphylla
- Pimelea calcicola
Pimelea calcicola is a species of shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, endemic to Western Australia. It is erect or speading in habit, growing to between 0.2 and 1 metre high. Pink flowers are produced between September and November in its native range....
- Pimelea ciliolaris
- Pimelea drupacea
- Pimelea ferruginea
Pimelea ferruginea is a small shrub native to southwest Western Australia. It was described by Labillardiere in 1805....
- Pimelea flava
Pimelea flava is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae which is endemic to Australia.There are two subspecies, P. flava subsp. flava is a shrub which grows up to 2 metres in height and has leaves that are 2 to 10 mm long and 1 to 6 mm wide. The yellow inflorescences have 2 to 4 green...
- Yellow Riceflower, Diosma Riceflower
- Pimelea glauca
- Pimelea gnidia
- Pimelea hispida
- Pimelea humilis
Pimelea humilis is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia.It grows up to 0.5 metres in height. Flowerheads have 12 to 52 whitish flowers that are either female or bisexual...
- Common Riceflower
- Pimelea imbricata
- Pimelea linifolia
Pimelea linifolia is an Australian shrub, variously known as Queen-of-the-bush and the Slender or Flax-leafed Riceflower. It is widespread throughout the south and east of the continent and is toxic to livestock....
- Slender Riceflower
- Pimelea longiflora
- Pimelea lyallii
- Pimelea microcephala
Pimelea microcephala is a dioecious shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia....
- Mallee Riceflower or Shubby Riceflower
- Pimelea neo-anglica - Poison Pimelea, Scanty Riceflower
- Pimelea octophylla
Pimelea octophylla is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia.It grows up to 1 metre high and produces cream to pale yellow terminal flowerheads with long white hairs. The flowerheads have 25 to 150 flowers...
- Woolly Riceflower, Downy Riceflower
- Pimelea nivea
- Pimelea pauciflora
- Pimelea physodes
Pimelea physodes, commonly known as Qualup Bell, is native to Western Australia.-Distribution:The species occurs in the coastal region between Albany and Esperance, including the Fitzgerald River National Park.-References:*...
- Qualup Bell
- Pimelea prostrata
- Pimelea rosea
- Pimelea sericea
- Pimelea spectabilis
Pimelea spectabilis is a species of shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, endemic to Western Australia. It is erect in habit, growing to between 0.5 and 2 metres high...
- Pimelea spicata
Pink pimelea is an endangered plant, native to New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as rice flower....
- Pimelea spinescens
Pimelea spinescens or Spiny Rice Flower is a critically endangered shrub native to central and western Victoria, Australia. P. spinescens grows to up to 30 cm tall and is found in lowland grassland. The plant is dioecious and unlike others of its genus is non-toxic.- Subspecies :Pimelea...
- Spiny Rice Flower
- Pimelea suaveolens
- Pimelea sylvestris
- Pimelea traversii
- Pimelea virgata
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