Pimelea latifolia subsp. latifolia R.Br. APNI* Synonyms: Pimelea altior var. longifolia Domin APNI*
Description: Flowers white; hypanthium sparsely hairy with short fine spreading hairs that are often very sparse on the persistent base; leaves 5–80 mm long; shrubs 1–3 m high, on margins of rainforest and in wet sclerophyll forest. Leaves mostly 20–60 mm long, upper surface sparsely hairy with appressed hairs and small rounded projections and the lower surface with short fine loosely appressed or spreading hairs. Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves usually narrow-elliptic to spathulate, 20–80 mm long, 6–20 mm wide. Peduncles 10–25 mm long in fruit. Flowers 6–16 in each head. Fruit 4.5 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: In or on rainforest margins, north from Lismore.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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