Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Pimelea Sol. ex Gaertn.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea prostrata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Willd., Sp. Pl. Fl. World 1: 51 (1797)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Banksia prostrata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 8 (1776)
  • ≡ Passerina prostrata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) L.f., Suppl. Pl. 26 (1782)
  • ≡ Cookia prostrata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) J.F.Gmel. (1791)
  • = Pimelea laevigata Sol. ex Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 186, t. 39, f. 1 (1788) nom. illeg., pro parte
Vernacular Name(s):
New Zealand daphne; Pinātoro; Strathmore weed; Wharengārara
 Description

Prostrate to sprawling, much-branched, sts up to 5 dm. or more diam.; main stem stout, up to ± 2 cm. diam.; branches stout, bark dark brown to almost black; branchlets slender, ∞, flexible to stiff, ± clad in sordid-white hairs. Lvs ∞, close-set, subsessile to sessile. Lamina patent to deflexed, 3–6 × 1–3 mm., ovate- to elliptic-oblong, ± concave, obtuse to subacute, coriac., often red-margined. Subfloral lvs similar, broader. Infl. of 3–10-fld heads. Per. ± 3–4 mm. long, silky-hairy; lobes 1–2.5 mm., about oval, hairy without. Fr. baccate, white or red, ovoid, ± 2 mm. long, sts dry.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Pimelea prostrata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Willd.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)5
Total5
 Phenology

Fruiting: Sep.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Burrows, C.J. 2009: Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 2. The endemic Pimelea prostrata and Pimelea urvilliana species complexes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 163–229.
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
Gaertner, J. 1788: De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. Vol. 1. Stuttgart.
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