Everything about Pimelea Linifolia totally explained
Pimelea linifolia is an
Australian shrub, variously known as
Queen-of-the-bush and the
Slender or
Flax-leafed Riceflower. It is widespread throughout the south and east of the continent and is toxic to livestock.
The bark is used for a fine strong thread for catching
Agrotis infusa. Pieces of string, called a 'Bushman's bootlace', are produced by a process involving a fire, a stream, a thigh and a week.
Description
The plant is prostrate or 1.5 m high. The leaves of the species are narrow or oblanceolate, 2-7 mm, and may be up to 30mm long. Up to 60 white flowers form brachteate heads on glabrous peduncles, bracts are 4 or 8.
It was first published in 1793 by
James Edward Smith, in his
A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland.
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