Thymelaeaceae Wildflowershttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/thymelaeaceae/rss/thymelaeaceaeA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2024 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pngExplorOz Logohttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/thymelaeaceae/rss/thymelaeaceaeAlpine Riceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/780+alpine-riceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/780+alpine-riceflower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/780+alpine-riceflower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W780__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> An attractive upright understorey shrub growing to 1 or 2m tall. The stems are glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate or narrow-elliptic, mostly 15–90 mm long, 7–20 mm wide, tips acute to obtuse, glabrous except when very young, secondary veins distinct below. Flowers in bracteate heads; peduncles mostly 5–60 mm long, glabrous or hairy. Bracts mostly 8, or 4, ± elliptic or ovate, 4–18 mm long, greenish to reddish brown and often varying in colour with age, glabrous or silky, often reflexed in fruit. Flowers 10–17 mm long, whitish, coarsely hairy. Fruit 3–5 mm long, green. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: ligustrina &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: White<br />Member - John and ValSun, 08 Mar 2015 03:32:00 GMTCommon Rice Flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/632+common-rice-flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/632+common-rice-flower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/632+common-rice-flower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W632__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Erect or straggling shrub to 50 cm high, stems hairy. Leaves ± elliptic to lanceolate, mostly 5–15 mm long, 2–8 mm wide, glabrous. Flowers in bracteate heads; peduncle 2–19 mm long, pubescent, sometimes hairs golden-yellow below bracts. Bracts 4, glabrous on outer surface, inner surface shortly hairy though hairs sometimes restricted to the midvein. Flowers bisexual or female, 12–52 in each head, whitish, mostly 13–19 mm long, female flowers shorter. Fruit c. 4 mm long, green. <br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: humilis &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: White<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 19 Nov 2014 06:33:00 GMTKangaroo Island Riceflower https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/650+kangaroo-island-riceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/650+kangaroo-island-riceflower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/650+kangaroo-island-riceflower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W650__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Shrub usually 0.7–1.5 m high. Stems glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, narrowly elliptic, glabrous, bluish green on adaxial surface, paler abaxially; lamina 12–33 mm long, 3–13 mm wide or rarely some leaves smaller. Inflorescence pendulous, compact, many-flowered; involucral bracts 4 or 6, ovate or broadly ovate, usually 13–26 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, glabrous, pale green and occasionally partially purplish. Flowers bisexual, with deciduous hairs outside, pale yellow. Hypanthium 10–17 mm long, circumscissile, with dense long indumentum outside on ovary-portion, more sparsely hairy above; style-portion 8–14 mm long, hairy inside. Sepals 3–4 mm long. Stamens longer than sepals; anther locules semi-latrorse. Ovary distally hairy. Confined to Kangaroo Is., S.A. Occurs in sand, sometimes in rocky ground, in shrubland. Flowers Nov.–Feb. <br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: macrostegia &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: White<br />Stephen L (Clare) SASat, 06 Dec 2014 00:18:00 GMTPimelea aeruginosahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/771+pimelea-aeruginosahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/771+pimelea-aeruginosa<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/771+pimelea-aeruginosa"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W771__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Erect, spindly shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, mainly May to Oct. Yellow sand or sandy clay, often with gravel or overlying laterite. Plains.<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: aeruginosa &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />John BaasWed, 10 Dec 2014 10:02:00 GMTQualap Bellhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/284+qualap-bellhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/284+qualap-bell<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/284+qualap-bell"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W284__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Upright stems without much branching, reaching 1m tall. Sessile leaves arranged in alternating opposite pairs. Small flowers enclosed in large pink and cream bracts held at the end of stems, the whole inflorescence drooping downwards. Grows in sand and regenerates and flowers after fire.<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: physodes &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Member - John and ValFri, 25 Apr 2014 08:01:00 GMTQualup Bellhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/392+qualup-bellhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/392+qualup-bell<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/392+qualup-bell"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W392__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Grows 50 -70cm First green then turns to deep red with age Encloses a cluster of small greenish-yellow flowers<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: physodes &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Barry H12Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:02:00 GMTRiceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/258+riceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/258+riceflower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/258+riceflower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W258__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Small woody shrub with multiple slender stems arising at ground level, giving a rounded appearance. Grows to about 1m tall. Small oval leaves 1cm long densely packed in 4 rows along stems. Bright pink flowers each with 4 petals clustered in terminal heads. Common in sandy or rocky areas behind beaches.<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: ferruginea &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Member - John and ValFri, 05 Dec 2014 23:23:00 GMTRiceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/259+riceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/259+riceflower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/259+riceflower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W259__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Small soft shrub to about 70cm. Smooth oval leaves in opposite pairs along stems. Small four petaled yellow flowers in heads at the end of branches. Each flower head surrounded by bracts that are almost as long as the flowers.<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: suaveolens &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Member - John and ValWed, 19 Nov 2014 06:34:00 GMTRiceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/223+riceflowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/223+riceflower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/223+riceflower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W223__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Small soft shrub with flower heads at the end of the branches. Small flowers with 4 petals. Leaves small, soft and arranged in opposing pairs along the stem.<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: White<br />Member - John and ValWed, 25 Mar 2015 10:03:00 GMTThyme Rice-flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/649+thyme-rice-flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/649+thyme-rice-flower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/649+thyme-rice-flower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W649__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Erect dioecious shrub to 1.5 m high, stunted or prostrate in exposed positions, stems glabrous. Leaves crowded, narrow-elliptic to spathulate, 4–12 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, concave at least when dry. Flowers in bracteate heads, usually on short lateral branches, and often appearing axillary; peduncle to 2 mm long; pedicels covered with long coarse hairs. Bracts 4, elliptic, 2–6 mm long. Flowers 3–4 mm long, yellow, glabrous; 2–17 in male heads, 2–10 in female heads. <br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: serpyllifolia &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 19 Nov 2014 06:35:00 GMTWoolly Rice-flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/652+woolly-rice-flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/652+woolly-rice-flower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/652+woolly-rice-flower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W652__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Shrub 0.4–1 m high. Young stems densely hairy. Leaves alternate or sometimes subopposite, shortly petiolate, ±narrowly elliptic, with long white hairs on both surfaces when young, concolorous, silvery or medium green to dark bluish green; lamina 4–20 mm long, 1–5.5 mm wide. Inflorescence usually pendulous, compact, with 25 or more flowers; involucral bracts 6–12, ±narrowly ovate, usually 8–12 mm long and 2.5–4 mm wide, densely hairy, leaf-like in colour. Flowers bisexual or female, glabrous at extreme base outside, densely hairy above, cream to pale yellow. Hypanthium 11–14 mm long, circumscissile; ovary-portion with antrorse hairs; style-portion 8.5–11 mm long, with long and short spreading hairs outside, hairy inside. Sepals 2.5–4.5 mm long, glabrous inside. Stamens shorter than sepals; anther locules introrse. Ovary distally hairy. Extends from the Eyre Peninsula, S.A., south-east to the Mornington Peninsula, Vic. Usually occurs in sandy soil. Flowers mainly Aug.–Feb. Map.<br /> Family: Thymelaeaceae &nbsp; Genus: Pimelea &nbsp; Species: octophylla &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Cream<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 19 Nov 2014 06:35:00 GMT