Scientific Name: Pimelea flava subsp. flava

Common Name: yellow riceflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Thymelaeaceae

Form Description: Shrub with slender erect branches arising in whorls below the previous year’s flowers.

Height (m): 0.5 – 1.5

Flowers: Heads bright buttercup yellow of many tubular flowers surrounded by four wide green bracts. Male with wider spreading lobes, 2 orange stamens.

Fruit: Cluster of hairy one-seeded nuts

Municipality
Break O’DayDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyLatrobeLauncestonSorellTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Abundant but local near east and north coasts.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

General Notes

Likes moderately well-drained soils and a semi-shaded site. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Very difficult to grow from seed. Male and female flowers on different plants. Seed releases very quickly once ripe. Slightly immature fruit may be harvested and allowed to mature in a warm position. Rub over wire screens to remove outer coverings.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Treatment Notes

Some success has been reported with the burning of small twigs and leaf litter on top of the seed, although results are very erratic. The seed may respond to a combination of heat and smoke treatment.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually grown from cuttings which are slow to strike. Care should be taken not to strip back the young bark.