Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea aridula Cockayne ex Cheeseman |
Bibliography | Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2: 582 (1925) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 5-12mm long, abaxially sericeous, adaxially glabrous and pale green, flowers 8-15, to 7mm long, tubular, tetramerous, in heads |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pimelea aridula var. linearis Cheeseman Pimelea lyallii var. sericea Cheeseman |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |