Tough Rice-flower (Pimelea axiflora)

Tough Rice-flower, a reference photo — Photo: Margaret Donald from Sydney, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Pimelea axiflora, commonly known as bootlace bush, is a small shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with whitish flowers on mostly smooth stems.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Tough Rice-flower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Logania albiflora
Denhamia silvestris

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species: Pimelea axiflora

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