Scientific Name: Pimelea sp. Tunbridge

Common Name: grassland riceflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Thymelaeaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Densely branched shrub; branches wiry

Height (m): 0.15 – 0.4

Flowers: Compact heads of up to 16 flowers, the heads axillary or terminating short branchlets. The butter-yellow flowers lack petals. Floral tube long and slender.

Municipality
Northern Midlands
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Grows in native grassland dominated by Themeda triandra and what would have originally been Eucalyptus pauciflora grassy woodland.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information