Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Pimelea Sol. ex Gaertn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea gnidia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Willd., Sp. Pl. Fl. World 1: 50 (1797)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Banksia gnidia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 8 (1776)
  • = Passerina gnidia G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 28 (1786)
  • = Cookia gnidia J.F.Gmel. (1791)
  • = Pimelea gnidia var. menziesii Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 222 (1853)
  • = Pimelea crosby-smithiana Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 44: 186 (1911 [1912])
 Description

Stout, much-branched, up to 1 m. or more tall, glab. Branches with dark red-brown bark. Lvs close-set on petioles ± 1 mm. long. Lamina pale green, oblong to lanceolate-oblong to obovate (all forms may be on single plant) us. acute sts apiculate, (8)–15–20–(25) × 4–6–(10) mm., coriac., glab., midvein evident. Subfloral lvs ovate, subacute, ± 12 × 6 mm. Infl. of (8)–15–20-(.30) fls on peduncles up to 3 mm. long. Per. white to rose, densely villous; tube 8–12 mm. long, lobes ± 4 mm. long, oblong to narrow-ovate. Fr. dry, ± 3 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Dec.–Jan.

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