Scientific Name: Pimelea leiophylla Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: freycinet riceflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Thymelaeaceae

Form Description: Small, erect to spreading shrub.

Height (m): 0.3 – 1.5

Flowers: Erect, compact terminal, or sometimes lateral, head of 10–25 white to pale creamy yellow flowers.

Fruit: Dry

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt ForestHeath
Habitat Notes

Uncommon, local in open, dry forests and scrubby heaths, on granitic soils and gravels on Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island; from sea-level to 450m.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Difficult to grow from seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Difficult to grow from cuttings.