Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea pygmaea F.Muell. & C.Stuart |
Bibliography | Linnaea 26: 346 (1854) |
Native Range | c. Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves ovate-oblong to linear, 2-4mm long, apically usually with few hairs, flowers 2-3mm long, solitary, in axils of upper leaves, tubular, tetramerous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Banksia pygmaea (F.Muell. & C.Stuart) Kuntze |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |