Pimelea microcephala

Pimelea microcephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Pimelea
Species:	P. microcephala
Binomial name
Pimelea microcephala R. Br.
Synonyms
Banksia microcephala (R.Br.) Kuntze Calyptrostegia microcephala (R.Br.) Endl. Aschenfeldtia pimeleoides F.Muell. ex Meisn. nom. inval.

Pimelea microcephala (Mallee Riceflower^[1] or Shrubby Riceflower^[2]) is a dioecious shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia. It grows up to 4 metres high and produces greenish-yellow flowerheads. The male flowerheads have 13 to 100 flowers while the female flowerheads have 7 to 12. The leaves are 7 to 40 mm long and 1 to 4 mm wide.^[3]

The species is toxic to stock.^[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.^[4]

Distribution

The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Pimelea microcephala". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Thymelaeaceae&genus=Pimelea&species=microcephala. 
2. ^ "Pimelea microcephala". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5256. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} New South Wales Flora Online: Pimelea microcephala Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
4. ^ "Pimelea microcephala". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=PIMELEA+MICROCEPHALA. Retrieved 2008-06-11.