Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Pimelea traversii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 243 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves imbricate, obovate-oblong to broadly elliptic, 4-9mm, often with red margins, flowers 6-12, 6-9mm long, densely sericeous, in heads |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | pinkish, white |
Bloom | 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 traversii (Hook.) Kuntze |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |