Pimelea umbratica

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

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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 (umbratica) means "living in shade"

Flowers

• The floral tube is 5.0–7.5 mm long, the sepals 2.0–2.5 mm long

• Flowering mainly occurs from April to July 

Fruit:                            

• The fruit is about 3 mm long

Leaves:         

• The leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, narrowly elliptic or more or less oblong, 3–26 mm long and 1.5–8 mm wide on a short petiole

• The flowers are white, 12–14 mm long, arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of branches or in leaf axils, and are bisexual or female

Stem & branches: 

•  Its young stems densely covered with soft, brownish hairs

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–1.5 m, is densely branched

Habitat:   

• Shrubland above rainforest on rocky slopes or ridges

Distribution:                  

• From the ranges north-east of Warwick in south-eastern Queensland to the Tweed Range in north-eastern NSW

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • Pimelea umbratica was first formally described in 1857 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham of plants he collected near Moreton Bay

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimelea_umbratica (2024)