Rosy rice flower

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Pimelea rosea

Rosy rice flower, a reference photo
Photo: Ian McMaster · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Pimelea rosea, commonly known as rose banjine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves, and clusters of pale pink to reddish-purple flowers surrounded by 4 egg-shaped involucral bracts.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Rosy 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.

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Classification

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

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