Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea aridula subsp. oliga C.J.Burrows, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 381 (2011)
Description
Slender, often flexibly stemmed plants, up to 70 cm tall. Lamina 6–15×2–3 mm, usually sparsely to moderately densely covered adaxially and abaxially with sericeous to villous white hairs. Flowers – ♀ tube 3 mm long, ovary portion 2 mm, calyx lobes 1.3×0.7 mm; tube 6 mm long, ovary portion 2.3 mm, calyx lobes 2×1.3 mm with no hairs inside tube. The nature of the fruits is uncertain.
[Reproduced from Burrows (2011, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 367–412) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Burrows, C.J. 2011: Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 5. The taxonomic treatment of five endemic species with both adaxial and abaxial leaf hair. New Zealand Journal of Botany 49(3): 367–412.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Nationally Vulnerable]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Nationally Vulnerable]
