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Pimelea spinescens or spiny riceflower is a critically endangered shrub native to central and western Victoria, Australia. P. spinescens grows to up to 30 cm tall and is found in lowland grassland. The plant is dioecious and unlike others of its genus is non-toxic.

Pimelea spinescens
Conservation status
Critically endangered  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Pimelea
Species:	P. spinescens
Binomial name
Pimelea spinescens Rye

Subspecies

Pimelea spinescens has two known subspecies:

• P. s. subsp. spinescens
• P. s. subsp. pubiflora

References

• http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/science/projects/conservation-genetics/conservation-genetics-of-pimelea-spinescens
• http://www.viridans.com/RAREPL/oncecommon.htm

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