Kingdom Plantae Family Thymelaeaceae Scientific name Pimelea humilis | Order Malvales Genus Pimelea Rank Species | |
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Similar Gonocarpus tetragynus, Pimelea linifolia, Burchardia umbellata, Lomandra filiformis, Poa sieberiana | ||
Pimelea humilis, also known as common riceflower or dwarf riceflower, is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia. It grows up to 0.5 metres in height. Flowerheads have 12 to 52 whitish flowers that are either female or bisexual. The leaves are 5 to 15 mm long and 2 to 8 mm wide.
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Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.
Distribution
The species occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
References
Pimelea humilis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA