Kingdom Plantae Family Thymelaeaceae Scientific name Pimelea microcephala | Order Malvales Genus Pimelea Rank Species | |
Similar Pimelea octophylla, Pimelea alpina, Pimelea hewardiana, Pimelea flava, Pimelea calcicola | ||
Pimelea microcephala (mallee riceflower or shrubby riceflower) is a dioecious shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia. It grows up to 4 metres high and produces greenish-yellow flowerheads. The male flowerheads have 13 to 100 flowers while the female flowerheads have 7 to 12. The leaves are 7 to 40 mm long and 1 to 4 mm wide.
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The species is toxic to stock.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.
Distribution
The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
References
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