Pimelea umbratica
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| Pimelea umbratica | |
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| In Main Range National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. umbratica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea umbratica | |
Pimelea umbratica, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with densely hairy young stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong leaves, and white flowers arranged singly, or in small groups, in leaf axils.
Pimelea umbratica is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–1.5 m (2 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in), is densely branched, and has its young stems densely covered with soft, brownish hairs. The leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong, 3–26 mm (0.12–1.02 in) long and 1.5–8 mm (0.059–0.315 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are white, 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in) long, arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of branches or in leaf axils, and are bisexual or female. The floral tube is 5.0–7.5 mm (0.20–0.30 in) long, the sepals 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from April to July and the fruit is about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2][3]