Thymelaeaceae Pimelea octophylla Wildflowershttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/thymelaeaceae/pimelea/octophylla/rss/thymelaeaceae/pimelea/octophyllaA 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/pimelea/octophylla/rss/thymelaeaceae/pimelea/octophyllaWoolly 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