Pimelea brachyphylla
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| Pimelea brachyphylla | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. brachyphylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea brachyphylla | |
Pimelea brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear to elliptic leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Pimelea brachyphylla is an erect to spreading shrub or undershrub that typically grows to 0.1–1 m (3.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) high. The leaves are linear to oval-oblong, top and underside surface a different colour, 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, sessile or with a short stalk. The inflorescence are upright, flowers are bisexual or female, white and smooth on the inside. The 4-6 flower bracts are egg-shaped to broadly elliptic, 4.5–8 mm (0.18–0.31 in) long, 2.5–7 mm (0.098–0.276 in) wide, hairy on the inside and sometimes very small hairs on the margins. Flowering occurs from June to October.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Pimelea brachyphylla was first formally described in 1873 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[6][7] The specific epithet (brachyphylla) means "short-leaved".[8]