Pimelea amabilis

Pimelea amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is a small shrub with narrowly elliptic or elliptic leaves and spikes of hairy, yellowy-green or yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

Pimelea amabilis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to elliptic, mostly long and wide, on a petiole long, both surface densely hairy. The flowers are borne in spikes of 75 to 250 on a densely hairy rachis long. The flowers are yellowy-green or yellow, the floral tube long, the sepals long and densely hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to August.

Taxonomy

This pimelea was first formally described in 1928 by Karel Domin in his Bibliotheca Botanica. The specific epithet means "lovable" or "pleasing".

Distribution and habitat

Pimelea amabilis grows on rocky outcrops, mostly from the Hann Tableland to Mount Garnet and Mount Surprise in north Queensland.