Pimelea alpina
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Pimelea alpina is a small shrub species in the family Thymelaeaceae
. It is endemic to Southern Australia
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It has an prostrate or erect habit, growing up to 30 cm in height. Leaves are 3 to 13 mm long and 1 to 3 mm wide, opposite, and crowded toward the ends of branchlets. Flowers which are pinkish red or rarely white, are clustered in groups of 5 to 18, the heads surrounded by 4 bracts. These are followed by 3-4mm long green fruit.
The species was first formally described in Prodromus in 1810, based on plant material collected in the Cobberas Range
by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
.
It occurs in alpine and sub-alpine heath, tussock grassland and woodland in New South Wales
and Victoria
.
Thymelaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae is a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera and 898 species. It was established in 1789 by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.Thymelaeaceae is in the order Malvales...
. It is endemic to Southern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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It has an prostrate or erect habit, growing up to 30 cm in height. Leaves are 3 to 13 mm long and 1 to 3 mm wide, opposite, and crowded toward the ends of branchlets. Flowers which are pinkish red or rarely white, are clustered in groups of 5 to 18, the heads surrounded by 4 bracts. These are followed by 3-4mm long green fruit.
The species was first formally described in Prodromus in 1810, based on plant material collected in the Cobberas Range
Cobberas Range
The Cobberas Range is a mountain range in north-eastern Victoria in Australia. The range is located in the Cobberas Wilderness area of the Alpine National Park.Peaks include:*Mount Cobberas No. 1*Mount Cobberas No...
by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
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It occurs in alpine and sub-alpine heath, tussock grassland and woodland in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
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