Flora of Victoria

Shrub or subshrub 0.2–3 m high; stems glabrous or hairy. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, linear to oblong-elliptic, 3–75 mm long, 1–12 mm wide, mid green on upper surface, paler below, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary, a head of 2–10 flowers; involucral bracts papery, 2–4 (rarely 6), petiolate, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, mostly 2–7 mm long and 1–3 mm wide, entirely glabrous or hairy outside, brown or green, subtended by minute bracts. Flowers unisexual, white or whitish, hairy outside, glabrous inside; floral tube 2–6 mm long, style-portion of female flowers shorter than ovary-portion; sepals 1–3 mm long; pedicel hairy; stamens shorter than sepals; anthers opening laterally or somewhat laterally. Fruit dry, enclosed or with apex protruding, floral tube circumscissile above ovary or irregularly splitting lower down.

CVU, EGL, EGU, GipP, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, MonT, NIS, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WPro.

3 subspecies, 2 occurring in Victoria.

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

Key to the subspecies of Pimelea axiflora

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Malvales

family Thymelaeaceae

genus Pimelea

Higher taxa

species Pimelea axiflora F.Muell ex Meisn.

Subordinate taxa

subspecies Pimelea axiflora subsp. alpina (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Threlfall

subspecies Pimelea axiflora subsp. axiflora

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Pimelea axiflora in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Pimelea axiflora in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native
Highlands-Far East	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native
Snowy Mountains	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania