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Class
Family
Genus
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea aridula Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 582 (1925) subsp. aridula
Synonymy:
- = Pimelea aridula Cockayne, Veg. N.Z. 356 (1921) var. aridula
Description
Relatively robust, stiff-stemmed plants, up to 60 cm tall, reduced to 10–15 cm on exposed rock outcrops. Lamina 8–12×2–3 mm, densely hairy adaxially and abaxially, with long, fine, but hispid, dull to shining white to yellowish hairs, usually penicillate. Flowers sparsely hairy inside tube; ♀ tube 3.5 mm long, ovary portion 2 mm, calyx lobes 1.5×0.6 mm; tube 6.5 mm long, ovary portion 2.5 mm, calyx lobes 2.5×1.5 mm. Fruits ovoid, dry, brown, 4×2.3 mm. Seeds ovoid, 4×2.1 mm.
[Reproduced from Burrows (2011, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 367–412) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Burrows, C.J. 2011: Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 5. The taxonomic treatment of five endemic species with both adaxial and abaxial leaf hair. New Zealand Journal of Botany 49(3): 367–412.
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Cockayne, L. 1921: The Vegetation of New Zealand - Die Vegetation der Erde XIV. Vol. 1. Leipzig.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Declining; Nationally Endangered]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Declining; Nationally Endangered]
