Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Pimelea sericostachya Click on images to enlarge Family Thymelaeaceae Scientific Name Pimelea sericostachya F.Muell. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4: 162. Type: Queensland, Sellham (Sellheim) River, E. Bowman; holo: MEL. Fide S. Threlfall, Brunonia 5: 148 (1983). Inflorescence. Copyright R. Fryer Stem Usually flowers and fruits as a shrub about 1 m tall but also flowers when smaller. Leaves Leaf blades about 12-38 x 3-13 mm, petioles about 1-2 mm long. Twigs, petioles and lower leaf blade surfaces clothed in pale silky hairs. Venation usually difficult to see except on the almost glabrous leaves. Twig bark strong and fibrous when stripped. Flowers Flowers about 5 mm diam. Perianth tube (hypanthium) about 5-6 mm long, lobes about 1-2 mm long. Habit, leaves and flowers. Copyright R. Fryer Stamens inserted in the throat of the perianth tube (hypanthium). Anthers +/- sessile, about 1.4 x 0.5 mm. Pollen orange. Apex of the ovary clothed in white hairs. Style about 2.5-4 mm long, attached to the side of the ovary. Stigma papillose. Fruit Fruits pyriform, about 4 x 2 mm, clothed in prostrate silky hairs. Seed almost as large as the fruit, testa tuberculate. Cotyledons flat, about as long as but much wider than the radicle. Seedlings Features not available. Habit, leaves and flowers. Copyright R. Fryer Distribution and Ecology Endemic to Queensland, occurs in NEQ and CEQ. Altitudinal range in CYP and NEQ from near sea level to 1000 m. Usually grows in open forest but sometimes found in vine thickets and monsoon forest. Natural History & Notes Herb (herbaceous or woody, under 1 m tall) X Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X Synonyms Banksia sericostachya (F.Muell.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 583(1891). Banksia leptostachya (Benth.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 583(1891). Pimelea leptostachya Benth., Flora Australiensis 6: 24(1873), Type: Queensland. Herberts Creek and Rockhampton, Bowman. RFK Code 3500 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. .