Pimelea linifolia
Common Name:
Slender Rice-flower
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
?Murray Mallee, ?Lowan Mallee, ?Wimmera, Gippsland Highlands Grampians, Wilsons Promontory (BCDEHJKMNPRSTVWXZ) also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
A range of habitats
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Flower Description:
Pink or yellow
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Habit:
Shrub to 1.5 m high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
Pimelea linifolia has leaves to 25 mm long and stems that are not hairy. Bracts subtending the inflorescence are often tinged red
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Only Pimelea linifolia subsp. linoides and Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia are present at the Prom. Leaves are linear in subsp. linoides and narrowly elliptic in subsp. linifolia
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Conservation status:
Subsp. caesia and subsp. linoides are rare in Victoria
References:
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.