Scientific Name: Pimelea linifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    pim-EEL-ee-ah lin-ee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Rice Flower
  • Derivation:
    Pimelea: Gr. pimele - soft, fat, lard. Refers to oily seeds or cotyledons. linifolia: Leaves like Linum (flax)
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    STERCULIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, tubular, in Terminal heads
  • Fruit:
    green, ovoid
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, W1, Emu Mt., SBHS, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Peregian Boardwalk, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, St. Teresa's, Cooroibah26.4.09, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Noosa North Shore PS TAFE Girraween Emu Swamp Marcus Dunes BHNR NNP Coastal Noosa River NP NNS Fern Track Arthur Harrold NR, NNS, Noosa Banks
Cultural Notes

Stripped bark used as string.||

Identification Notes

Involucral bracts 4, glabrous,||leaves less than 9 mm wide||

Associated Fauna

Ground Parrot habit. ||Butterfly host plant: Yellow-spot blue, Rayed blue.||

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||