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Pimelea plurinervia

Pimelea plurinervia is a small shrub from north-eastern Queensland, growing 0.5 to 1 m tall with white tubular flowers. It is grown mainly as a native garden shrub in warm, frost-free areas, and it likes moist, well-drained soil with some shade.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the growing season, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil or a moist potting mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pimelea plurinervia is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with densely hairy young stems, elliptic leaves and heads of 24 to 45 white, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

This pimelea grows in wet forest and on the edges of rainforest on Hinchinbrook Island and nearby mainland areas, and near Tully Falls south of Ravenshoe.

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 plurinervia 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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