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Pimelea cinerea

Pimelea cinerea is a slender, native Tasmanian shrub of cool montane forest, grown mainly for its white flower heads in summer. It is a species rarely cultivated and best suited to cool, moist climates, with care based on native-plant conditions.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil moist during establishment and in dry spells, but never waterlogged.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold winters but should be protected from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Pimelea cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender shrub with more or less elliptic leaves, and heads of white flowers surrounded by leaves.

Where it grows

This pimelea grows in forest in the south and west of Tasmania, mainly at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 m (1,600 and 3,300 ft).

Other Pimelea plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pimelea cinerea 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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