Pimelea filifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is an erect herb with thread-like leaves and clusters of pale pink flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. filifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea filifolia | |
Description
editPimelea filifolia is an erect herb that typically grows to a height of 20–45 cm (7.9–17.7 in). The leaves are thread-like, 5–34 mm (0.20–1.34 in) long and 0.2–1 mm (0.0079–0.0394 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in clusters on a peduncle 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long surrounded by green and purplish, egg-shaped involucral bracts 3.5–7 mm (0.14–0.28 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide. The flowers are pale pink or purplish white, each on a pedicel up to 2.2 mm (0.087 in) long, the floral tube 4–10.5 mm (0.16–0.41 in) long and the sepals 1.1–1.6 mm (0.043–0.063 in) long. Flowering occurs between February and July.[2]
Taxonomy
editThis species was first formally described in 1990 by Barbara Lynette Rye who gave it the name Thecanthes filifolia in the Flora of Australia from specimens collected by Clyde Dunlop.[note 1][2][3] In 2016, Charles S.P. Foster and Murray J. Henwood changed the name to Pimelea filifolia in Australian Systematic Botany.[4] The specific epithet (filifolia) means "thread-leaved".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editPimelea filifolia grows in sandy soil on sandstone pavement, usually near watercourses, from the far north to near Katherine, in Arnhem Land.[2][6]
Conservation status
editPimelea filifolia is listed as "least" under the Northern Territory Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Pimelea filifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "Thecanthes filifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Thecanthes filifolia". APNI. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Pimelea filifolia". APNI. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ a b "Pimelea filifolia". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 15 November 2022.