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Pimelea angustifolia

Pimelea angustifolia
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0

Pimelea angustifolia, narrow-leaved pimelea, is a small, slender Western Australian shrub grown mainly as a native garden plant. It suits free-draining soil and full sun in dry conditions.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry spells and dislikes wet feet.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or lateritic soil; avoid heavy clay.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but needs protection from prolonged freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Pimelea species contain daphnane-type toxins in the leaves and stems that can cause skin irritation and poisoning if eaten.
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Pimelea angustifolia, commonly known as narrow-leaved pimelea, is a small upright, slender or open shrub with whitish, cream, yellow or pink flowers. It is endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

Narrow-leaved pimelea is a widespread species, it grows from Kalbarri, in coastal areas to the South Australian border and inland north of Kalgoorlie mostly on sand, sandy clay, lateritic rock locations in sand dunes, plains, ridges and occasionally in wetter sites.

Other Pimelea plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pimelea angustifolia 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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