Pimelea ciliolaris
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| Pimelea ciliolaris | |
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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. ciliolaris |
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| Pimelea ciliolaris | |
Pimelea ciliolaris is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a stunted shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of densely hairy, cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers.
Pimelea ciliolaris is a stunted shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in) and has hairy stems. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic or linear, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide with a few hairs on the edge when young. The flowers are borne in compact heads on a peduncle 1–9 mm (0.039–0.354 in) long, surrounded by 9 to 15 involucral bracts 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long and 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) wide tinged with purple. The sepals are about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, the floral tube about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and the stamens usually shorter than the sepals. Flowering occurs from October to December.[2][3]