Pimelea latifolia subsp. hirsuta (Meisn.) Threlfall APNI* Synonyms: Pimelea hirsuta Meisn. APNI*
Pimelea latifolia subsp. C APNI*
Description: Flowers yellow or greenish yellow, often with red sepals; hypanthium bearing coarse antrorse or loosely appressed hairs; leaves 2–20 mm long; shrubs 10–50 cm high, in sclerophyll forest, often in rocky sites. Leaves covered on both surfaces with short fine, slightly tangled, spreading hairs. Shrub 10–50 cm high. Leaves mostly elliptic, 2–10 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, margins ciliate. Peduncles not elongating in fruit. Heads 1–7-flowered, flowers 4–7 mm long. Fruit c. 4 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: In forest chiefly on the coast from Newcastle to Nowra.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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