Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea buxifolia Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 243 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves elliptic-oblong to ovate, 5-10mm long, coriaceous, flowers 9-12, ca. 1cm long, tubular, tetramerous, in heads surrounded by whorls of leaves |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Banksia buxifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze Pimelea montana Colenso Pimelea stylosa Colenso Pimelea subsimilis Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |