Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea poppelwellii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 54 (1917)
Description
Erect much-branched, glab. except sts at lf-axils, up to 1 m. or more tall; branches moderately stout, bark dark red-brown. Lvs close-set, on stout petioles ± 1 mm. long. Lamina dark green, paler below, ± keeled, erect to subpatent, 6–10 × 4–6 mm., broad-ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse to subacute, abruptly narrowed to base, thick and coriac.; margins slightly thickened. Subfloral lvs thin and broader. Infl. of (5)–8–12–(16)-fld heads. Per. white or rose, densely silky-hairy; tube 6–9 mm. long, lobes ovate-oblong to oblong, 2–3 mm. long. Fr. very dark brown to almost black, ovoid, hairy at apex, ± 2 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Burrows, C.J. 2008: Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 1. The taxonomic treatment of seven endemic, glabrous-leaved species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 46: 127–176.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
Petrie, D. 1917: Descriptions of New Native Flowering-Plants, with Some Notes on Known Species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 51–55.
