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Long Leaved Pimelea

Pimelea longifolia

Long Leaved Pimelea
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New Zealand (North I. to N. & NW. South I.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Pimelea longifolia, also known as long-leaved pimelea and tāranga, is a small shrub native to New Zealand.

Pimelea longifolia is found from coastal to alpine environments, often in open areas in or around forest, scrub and rocky places.

Where it grows

Tāranga grows on clay banks in Auckland, Wellington, and the west of the South Island.

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 longifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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