Smooth Rice-flower

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Pimelea glauca

Upright, multi-stemmed shrub to 60 cm tall and 60 cm wide. Pointed leaves opposite, decussate, blue-green, up to 20 mm long. Small tubular white flowers in dense clusters at the top of stems.

Details
Flora Type
Shrubs
Distinctive Features

Dense clusters of hairy, white, tubular flowers. Leaves are opposite and decussate in this Pimelia sp.

Biology

Perennial. Grows from a thick, woody rootstock. Provides nectar for butterflies and other insects.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Jul-Feb

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Malvales
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Pimelea
Species
glauca

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Can be poisonous to livestock. The fibre from some Pimelea species was used as a source of string by some Aboriginal people.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native