Pimelea flava | |
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Pimelea flava subsp. flava | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
Genus: | Pimelea |
Species: | P. flava
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Binomial name | |
Pimelea flava | |
Subspecies | |
Pimelea flava subsp. dichotoma (Schltdl.) Threlfall | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Banksia flava (R.Br.) Kuntze |
Pimelea flava is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and compact clusters of 9 or more flowers with 2 or 4 elliptic to circular involucral bracts at the base. The flowers and bracts are white or yellow, depending on subspecies.