Scientific Name: Pimelea linifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    pim-EEL-ee-ah lin-ee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Rice Flower
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    THYMELAEACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, tubular, in clusters to 25mm, most of year
  • Fruit:
    Green fruit to 4mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Seacoast, Eucalypt Forest, Coastal Heath
  • 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

Prostrate forms grows to 30cm in height (on coastal headlands), while upright shrub grows to 1m height (Eucalypt Forest and Coastal Heath).

Associated Fauna

Ground Parrot habit. Butterfly host plant: Yellow-spot blue, Rayed blue. Native bee-attracting.

Landscaping Notes

Occurs in both a prostrate (groundcover) form and shrub (upright) form. Beautiful flowering plant which prefers sunny well-drained sites. Hardy once established and will flower most of the year. Works well in coastal and cottage - style gardens. Responds well to tip pruning after flowering.