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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Thymelaeaceae
Pimelea microcephala ssp. microcephala

Citation: Ill. Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 506.

Synonymy: Pimelea microcephala

Common name: None

Description:
Leaves green; involucral bracts 2 or 4; pedicels covered with short fine hairs.

Male flowers 13-100 in each head, 3-8 mm long; perianth covered outside with short fine curly hairs and sometimes glabrous on the lobes.

image of FSA2_Pimelea_mic_mic.jpg Pimelea microcephala subsp. microcephala twig, male and female flowers.
Image source: fig 448l in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Open forests and mallee usually on sandy soils.

S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.

Flowering time: most of the year.

Biology: Poisonous.

Author: Not yet available


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