Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea nivea Labill. |
Bibliography | Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 10 (1804) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | 0-1300m |
Description | leaves obovate to broadly elliptic, 3-6mm long, sometimes glaucous, with red margins, flowers 1cm long, tubular, tetramerous, in compact heads |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Banksia nivea (Labill.) Kuntze Heterolaena incana (R.Br.) C.A.Mey. Heterolaena nivea (Labill.) C.A.Mey. Pimelea incana R.Br. Pimelea nivea var. erecta Hook.f. Pimelea nivea var. incana (R.Br.) Hook.f. Pimelea nivea var. micrantha Meisn. Pimelea nivea var. nummularia Hook.f. Pimelea nivea var. thyrsoidea Hook.f. Pimelea paxtonii Regel |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |