Pimelea cremnophila

Gorge Rice-flower

At the time of writing their paper, Copeland and Telford reported that P. cremniphila was "known from fewer than 100 individuals"
In 2015, a visit by Copeland to the area failed to find two of the three populations
The main threats to the species are grazing by feral goats, drought and inappropriate fire regimes
The species is listed as "critically endangered" under the NSW Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

Etymology:

Pimelea is from the Ancient Greek word pimele, meaning "fat or "lard", possibly referring to the oily seeds or fleshy cotyledons
The specific epithet (cremnophila) means "cliff-loving"

Flowers

The flowers are borne on the ends of branches or in leaf axils, singly or in groups of up to four on a peduncle about 1 mm long
There are leaf like bracts 2.5–5 mm long at the base of the flowers but that fall off as the flowers develop
Some flowers are functionally male, others functionally female and the remainder bisexual
Bisexual flowers have a floral tube 4.0–6.5 mm long and sepals 3–4 mm long, male flowers a longer floral tube, and female flowers a shorter floral tube and smaller sepals
Flowering has been observed in October, but is likely to occur throughout spring

Fruit:

Leaves:

Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped, 10–37 mm long and 2.5–6 mm wide
They are on a densely hairy petiole about 1 mm long

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Roots:

Habit:

Habitat:

On exposed cliff-tops and sheltered cliff-sides at altitudes between 1,050 and 1,090 m

Distribution:

Endemic to a restricted area of NSW In the southern part of the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
In the southern part of the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

Additional notes:

Taxonomy
- Pimelea cremnophila was first formally described in 2006 by Lachlan Copeland and Ian Telford from specimens collected in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in 2004

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