Pimelea aquilonia
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| Pimelea aquilonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. aquilonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea aquilonia | |
Pimelea aquilonia is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to far north Queensland. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and small clusters of hairy, white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers.
Pimelea aquilonia is a perennial shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.7–3 m (2 ft 4 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has shiny, densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic, 8–35 mm (0.31–1.38 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide, on a short petiole. The flowers are borne in small clusters on the ends of branches, and are white or cream-coloured, densely covered with short, shiny hairs. The floral tube is 9–11.5 mm (0.35–0.45 in) long, the sepals 2.5–5 mm (0.098–0.197 in) long and glabrous on the inside. Flowering occurs from May to July.[2][3]