Pimelea curviflora var. acuta Threlfall APNI* 
Description: Lower surface of leaves with appressed or spreading hairs of variable thickness, length and density; flowers greenish yellow, sepals often dark red, sparsely hairy with short hairs; fruit straight, rarely curved in var. gracilis. Stems and lower surface and margins of leaves usually with appressed or loosely appressed hairs or sometimes with short spreading hairs. Leaves yellowish green, upper surface glabrous and lower surface glabrous or with scattered short spreading hairs, hairs often restricted to margins and midvein. Much-branched subshrub 15–50 cm high. Leaves narrow-elliptic to elliptic, 5–15 mm long, 2–5 mm wide. Heads 5–14-flowered. Flowers 9–10 mm long, yellow
Distribution and occurrence: In dry sclerophyll forest and woodland 750–1500 m, south from the Budawang Ra.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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