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Yellow Rice-flower
Pimelea flava ssp. flava
-37.9507, 145.346
Field Notes
Description:
Small yellow flowers with 4 petals. Male flowers had two thick anthers. flowers seen in clusters on this slender erect shrub about 2 m tall. Leaves were small and ovate and crowded on stems.
Habitat:
Spotted in sclerophyll forests with eucalypts and other natives. <br>
Butterfly attracting.
Notes:
We were informed that the bark of this plant was sometimes stripped and used as bootlace ! The bark obviously strips in one long piece and is tough, perhaps ?? <br>
Family: Thymelaeaceae <br>
This family ( trees and shrubs mostly) is said to be more diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, with most genera in Africa and then, Australia.
Reference Links:
.: Pimelea flava ssp. flava :.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 16, 2014
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