Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea sericeovillosa Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 245 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves ovate-oblong to linear, 4-7mm, densely softly hirsute on both faces, flowers 2-6, to 5mm long, densely sericeous, tubular, tetramerous, in heads |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 sericeovillosa (Hook.f.) Kuntze |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |