Pimelea flava subsp. dichotoma

(Schltdl.) Threlfall Diosma Rice-flower

Brunonia 5: 169 (1983)

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Threat status

FFG: Endangered (EN)

Shrub 0.3–0.5(–1) m high. Leaves leathery. Involucral bracts usually elliptic, 3–11 mm long, 2–8 mm wide, usually not much larger than leaves, leaf-like in colour. Flowers white; floral tube circumscissile above ovary in fruit. Flowers Jun.–Feb.

LoM, MuM, Wim, VRiv, Gold, GGr, DunT, EGU, HSF, HNF, VAlp. Also SA, NSW. Extending from the northern mallee to the Grampians, mostly in mallee shrubland in sand or heavier soil, with outlying population on limestone-derived soil near Omeo in north-eastern Victoria.

Source:

Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Thymelaeaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae‍, pp. 912–930. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 5 Oct. 2018