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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Thymelaeaceae
Pimelea octophylla ssp. subvillifera

Citation: Threlfall, Brunonia 5:179 (1982).

Synonymy: P. villifera sensu J. Black, Fl.S. Aust. 588 (1952).

Common name: None

Description:
Low much branched undershrub; leaves and involucral bracts covered with long coarse antrorse hairs which are fewer and finer on the upper surface.

Involucral bracts 8-10; flowers 40-50 in each head, female in all specimens seen; pedicels covered with short fine hairs; perianth 6.5-10.5 mm long, covered outside with short fine hairs and additional long coarse antrorse ones on the persistent base.

image of FSA2_Pimelea_oct_sub.jpg Pimelea octophylla subsp. subvillifera flower, outer and inner surfaces of leaves, outer and inner surfaces of bracts.
Image source: fig 449c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Flowering time: Oct.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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