Assignment/exercise
UniSC Plant Profile - Thymelaeaceae, Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia
University of the Sunshine Coast
2024
Appears in UniSC Plant Profiles
Abstract
Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia, one of four recognised subspecies, is common to eucalypt forests, forest edges and heath, preferring sandy or heavier soils in more open areas (Leiper et al., 2023; Ryan, 2005; Wrigley & Fagg, 1996). In forests and heaths this slender erect shrub grows to 1.2 metres tall and 30cm wide (Leiper et al., 2023; Wrigley & Fagg, 1996; Rye, 1990). A smaller prostrate form, to 15cm, occurs in exposed coastal dunes and headlands (Leiper et al., 2023). Opposite leaf arrangement is distinct with leaves in four rows - each pair at right angles to the pair below and above (Ryan, 2005). Elliptical to obovate 30mm x 4mm leaves have a distinct midrib and are paler below (Ryan, 2005; Rye, 1990). White (sometimes pink) 3mm flowers, with 2 stamens, in heads to 25mm occur all year (Leiper et al., 2023; Ryan, 2005). Green fruit is 3-5mm long (Ryan, 2005). Distribution is throughout Australia other than Western Australia and the Northern Territory (Wrigley & Fagg 1996). P. linifolia is poisonous to livestock (Ryan, 2005).
Details
- Title
- UniSC Plant Profile - Thymelaeaceae, Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia
- Authors
- Lauretta McNabb - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Location
- Latitude: -26.718 Longitude: 153.071; UniSC Sunshine Coast campus in the heath between the southeastern lake and Claymore Road.
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date collected
- 04-Mar-2024
- Date published
- 2024
- Copyright note
- (c) The Author. Reproduced with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991094096202621
- Output Type
- Assignment/exercise; Plant Profile Sheet
- Teaching and Learning
- ENS221; Plant Diversity and Ecology
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