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Pimelea serpyllifolia, commonly known as thyme riceflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic to spatula-shaped leaves, and compact heads of 4 to 12 yellow, yellowish-green or white flowers surrounded by 2 or 4 leaf-like involucral bracts. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Pimelea
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en thyme riceflower
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