Pimelea cracens

Pimelea cracens is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and creamy green to pale yellow flowers surrounded by 6 or 8 yellowish or pale green and reddish involucral bracts.

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Pimelea cracens is an erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.5 m (1 ft 4 in – 4 ft 11 in) and is usually single-stemmed at ground level. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, narrowly elliptic to more or less egg-shaped, 6–22 mm (0.24–0.87 in) long and 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) wide on a petiole 0.3–1.3 mm (0.012–0.051 in) long. The flowers are pendulous and creamy green to pale yellow, surrounded by 3 or 4 pairs of yellowish or pale green and reddish involucral bracts 12–28 mm (0.47–1.10 in) long and 6–14 mm (0.24–0.55 in) wide, on a peduncle 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, the flower tube 7.5–12 mm (0.30–0.47 in) long. The style extends beyond the flower tube by 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in). Flowering mainly occurs from July to November.