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Scientific Name
Pimelea cinerea
Family Name
THYMELAEACEAE
Common Name
Grey Pimelea
Status
Height
2.0m (200cm)
Flowers
White to greenish-white, about 0.5cm long, exterior hairy, bisexual.
Fruit
Dry, nut-like
Form
Straggling shrub, branches and lower surfaces of leaves covered with long hairs.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Known from scattered localities in the south, west and north. Grows in the understorey of rainforest and wet forest at all altitudes.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Should adapt well to free-draining soils with good moisture retention. Likes semi-shaded aspect, is hardy to most frosts and tolerates snowfalls. It has potential as a cut foliage crop and as a hedging plant. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruits, black.seed releases very quickly once ripe. slightly immature fruit can be harvested and allowed to mature in a warm position. rub on wire screens to remove outer coverings
Seed Treatment Method
Cold
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Very difficult from seed. May respond to combination of heat and smoke treatment or stratification may be useful. Secure seeds in a plastic bag with a mixture of wet sand and peat and hold in frig at 2oC forat least six weeks. If germination does not occur within 30 days seed can be stratified for another 3 weeks.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
No
Cutting Notes
Usually grown from cuttings of very young growth. Care should be taken not to strip back the young bark.
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