Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea alpina F.Muell. ex Meisn. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 511 (1857) |
Native Range | se. Australia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves narrowly elliptic, adaxially convex, 5-10mm long, crowded at apex of branchlets, flowers tubular, tetramerous, to 6mm long, in small terminal heads, fragrant |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Banksia alpina (F.Muell. ex Meisn.) Kuntze |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria) |