Spiny Rice-flower
Pimelea spinescens ssp. spinescens
Low stunted shrub with spiny branchlets. Crowded blue-green oval leaves. Tiny pale yellow hairless tubular flowers.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Flora Type | Shrubs |
| Distinctive Features | The only Pimelea species to have spines. |
| Biology | Perennial. Well-drained soils on basalt. |
| Native Status | Native |
| Flowering Time | Apr-Aug |
| Taxonomy | |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants) |
| Order | Malvales |
| Family | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus | Pimelea |
| Species | spinescens |
Nationally threatened. Only a few remant populations on the western basalt plains in Vic remaining.
| Interesting Facts | |
|---|---|
| Similar Species | P. spinescens subsp. pubiflora has flowers that are hairy on the outer surface, whereas those of the P. spinescens subsp. spinescens are hairless. |
| Native Status | Native |