Pimelea preissii
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. preissii |
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| Pimelea preissii | |
Pimelea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and compact clusters of many white or pink flowers surrounded by 4 green, egg-shaped involucral bracts.
Pimelea preissii is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 8–70 cm (3.1–27.6 in) and has glabrous stems. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, glabrous and narrowly elliptic, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are arranged in compact clusters of many white or pink flowers, surrounded by 4 green involucral bracts 6–14 mm (0.24–0.55 in) long and 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide. The flower tube is 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in) long and the sepals 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long, the stamens shorter than the sepals. Flowering occurs from September to December.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Pimelea preissii was first formally described in 1845 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (preissii) honours Ludwig Preiss.[6]