Pimelea forrestiana

Pimelea forrestiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Pimelea
Species:	P. forrestiana
Binomial name
Pimelea forrestiana F.Muell.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Banksia forrestiana (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Pimelea forrestiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and head-like clusters of yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

Pimelea forrestiana is a shrub that usually grows to a height of 0.5–1.5 m (1 ft 8 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has glabrous stems. The leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, 6–40 mm (0.24–1.57 in) long, 1.5–6.6 mm (0.059–0.260 in) wide and glabrous. The flowers are arranged in heads of many flowers on the ends of stems, the heads sometimes with a sessile involucral bract 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide, but that falls off as the flowers open. The male flowers are yellow, the floral tube 3–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) long and the sepals 1.2–1.5 mm (0.047–0.059 in) long. Flowering occurs from June to September.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Pimelea forrestiana was first formally described in 1878 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by John Forrest at an altitude of 2,500 ft (760 m) in the Hamersley Range.[5] The specific epithet (forrestiana) honours the collector of the type specimens.[6]

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea grows on granite outcrops and rocky hillsides from the Hamersley Range to Lake Moore (south of Paynes Find) in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgo bioregions of Western Australia.[2][3][4]

Conservation status

Pimelea forrestiana is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References

1. "Pimelea forrestiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
2. Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea forrestiana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
3. "Pimelea forrestiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
4. Rye, Barbara L. (1988). "A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae". Nuytsia. 6 (2): 165–167. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
5. "Pimelea forrestiana". APNI. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780958034180.