
Shaded Rice-flower
Pimelea umbratica
Family Thymelaeaceae
Rocky Ridge Shrub
About
Grows in shrubland above the rainforest line on the rocky slopes and ridges of Main Range National Park, part of a small distribution across southeastern Queensland and northeastern NSW.
How to spot it
Densely branched shrub 0.6-1.5m, narrowly elliptic to oblong leaves 3-26mm, white flowers 12-14mm long borne singly or in small groups, young stems covered in soft brownish hairs.
Found in
- Main Range National Park
Source: Wikipedia - Pimelea umbratica
Photo: Murray Fagg (CC BY 3.0 AU) via Wikimedia Commons