About Pimelea glauca R.Br.
Pimelea glauca, also commonly known as smooth riceflower, is a heavily branched shrub that usually grows no taller than 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches), and has glabrous stems. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic, lance-shaped, or linear, ranging from 3 to 15 millimetres long and 1 to 6 millimetres wide, and end in a short, sharp point that curves downward. The plant's inflorescence holds 7 to 35 creamy-white, tube-shaped flowers 8 to 14 millimetres long, arranged in dense clusters at the tips of branches. These clusters are surrounded by 4 involucral bracts that vary from lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 6 to 16 millimetres long and 2 to 8 millimetres wide. The bracts are smooth on their outer surface, hairy on their inner surface, and have fringed edges. Flowering occurs mainly from August to December, and the fruit produced is around 4 millimetres long. This plant is toxic to livestock. It grows in sandy soil in open forest, grassland, coastal heath, and on dunes. It is distributed in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. It is widespread in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Tasmania. In South Australia, it grows in the south-east of the state, including on the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, and Kangaroo Island.
