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Pimelea aeruginosa

Pimelea aeruginosa
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0

Pimelea aeruginosa is a small, upright, spindly shrub from southwestern Western Australia with clusters of yellow flowers that bloom mostly May to October. It suits sunny, well-drained, sandy or gravelly ground and is rarely grown outside its native region.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; let the soil dry out between waterings, as it is adapted to dry mallee country.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil, including lateritic or sandy clay.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and mild winters; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Pimelea aeruginosa is a species of small shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is a small shrub with yellow flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

This species mostly occurs inland from Geraldton, to Esperance on sand, gravel, sandy clay, over laterite in mallee dominated locations.

Other Pimelea plants

Dune swale daphne · Alpine Rice Flower · Short Leaved Riceflower · Pimelea amabilis · Pimelea ammocharis · Pimelea angustifolia · Pimelea approximans · Pimelea aquilonia · Pimelea argentea · Pimelea avonensis · Bootlace Bush · Pimelea biflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pimelea aeruginosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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