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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Pimelea linifolia
Common Name: slender riceflower
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Form Description: Dwarf to small shrub, slender branches. Branchlets yellow to reddish brown.
Height (m): 0.1 – 1.5
Flowers: Heads about 4cm, terminal, semi-compact. Flowers white, pink, rarely yellow. Bracts 4 green/red.
Fruit: Nut
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Habitat Notes
Widespread from coastal to mountain regions.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Moist
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Attracts butterflies. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Very difficult to grow from seed. Seed releases very quickly when ripe especially in hot weather. Allow fruit to mature in warm place. Rub over screens to remove outer covering.
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 of barely firm young growth which strike readily. Care should be taken not to strip back the young bark.