Pimelea pauciflora
Poison Rice-flower
Slender erect hairless shrub, forming dense thickets.
Additional information
- FamilyThymelaeaceae
- StoreyMiddle storey
- Size1-3 m x 0.5-2 m
- Plant groupingShrubs 1.5-10 m
- LeavesPairs of narrow or narrowly elliptic leaves 4-25 mm x 1-4 mm.
- Flower colourYellowish
- Flowering timeSeptember to December
- FlowersUnisexual flowers in a compact terminal head of 3-9 flowers. Two leaf-like green bracts as long or longer than flowers.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNectar for butterflies
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist soils along mountain watercourses. Full sun to semi shade.
- Garden useCreate a dense background in a moist area. Few isolated distributions within the Shire, now extinct within most of these.
- Commercially availableOccasionally, indigenous nurseries
- Conservation statusRare in Victoria with few known populations. Originally scattered within a small area of the Shire but possibly only one population remaining.
- Aboriginal Use Bark - nets
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