Plants of
South Australia
Pimelea stricta
Thymelaeaceae
Gaunt Riceflower,
Erect Riceflower
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 7

Common names

Gaunt Riceflower

Erect Riceflower

Etymology

Greek 'pimele' fat, alluding to the fleshy cotyledons and Latin 'strictus' rigid.

Distribution and status

Mostly light sandy soils in open woodland, mallee or sandhills. Native
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Plant description

Erect shrub to 1.5m, stems glabrous. Leaves narrow-elliptic, 5.5-37 mm long, 1-5 mm wide, acute. Inflorescence a bracteate head, flowers 9-37 per head 10-15mm long, creamy white. Flowering July-October. Fruits are fruit approximately 5 mm long, green, enclosed in hypanthium base. Seeds are seed narrow-ovoid, hooked at the apex, glabrous, black, reticulate.

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA 
MSB
4,380 (15.34 g)
4,380 (15.34 g)
50+2-Nov-2006DJD646
Northern Lofty
1-Aug-2007100%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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