Common name: Bootlace Bush
Pimelea axiflora F.Muell. ex Meisn. APNI* 
Description: Dioecious shrub to 3 m high, stems glabrous or rarely hairy.
Leaves linear to elliptic, rarely wider, 5–60 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, margins usually recurved, mostly glabrous; secondary veins prominent below; petiole to 3 mm long.
Flowers in bracteate heads, axillary, ± sessile. Bracts usually 2–4, mostly elliptic, 2–7 mm long. Flowers 2–10 in a head, white; male flowers 5–9 mm long; female flowers 3–6 mm long.
Fruit c. 3–4 mm long, green.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: SC, ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the subspecies | |
| 1 | Stems ± glabrous; mature leaves glabrous | 2 |
| Young stems with hairs to 1 mm long; petioles and lower surfaces of leaves hairy. Leaves 6–22 mm long, 2–5 mm wide. Female flowers 3–4 mm long | subsp. pubescens |
| 2 | Leaves linear to narrow-elliptic, 10–60 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, soft, sometimes slightly falcate; bracts mostly 4–7 mm long, outer surface often finely hairy. Shrub to 3 m high, stems usually glabrous. Flowers 2–10 in each head. Female flowers 3–4 mm long | subsp. axiflora |
| Leaves narrow-oblong to ± elliptic, usually 5–18 mm long, 3–7 mm wide, leathery, not falcate; bracts mostly 2–4 mm long, glabrous. Shrub to 1 m high, stems glabrous. Flowers 2–5 in each head. Female flowers 5–6 mm long
Back to 1 | subsp. alpina |
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