Thyme Riceflower
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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| Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
| Tintinara (NCP04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [localised] |
| Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Least Concern |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened [sth coastline on cliffs] |
| Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
| Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Least Concern |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Yalata (NUL03) | | Least Concern |
| Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Rare |
| 2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| 3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
Etymology
Greek 'pimele' fat, alluding to the fleshy cotyledons and 'serpyllifolia' having leaves like Thymus serpyllum.
Distribution and status
Scrub and woodland on calcareous soils. Native.
Herbarium regions: Nullarbor, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Erect dense dioecious shrub to 1.5 m, stunted or prostrate in exposed conditions. Leaves crowded, narrow-elliptic to elliptic or narrow-spathulate to spathulate, 2-13 mm long, 1-4 mm wide. Flowers in bracteate heads, male flowers 2-17 in each head, 3-4 mm long; female flowers 2-10 in each head, 3-3.75 mm long, yellow. Flowering most of the year. Fruits are fruit green, partly enclosed in hypanthium.
