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Scientific Name
Pimelea ligustrina
Family Name
THYMELAEACEAE
Common Name
Tall Rice-flower
Status
Height
0.3m - 2.5m (30-250cm)
Flowers
Semi-globular flowerheads to c 4cm , erect, terminal. Whitish/cream, profuse, mod.fragrant.
Fruit
Nuts
Form
Shrub with glabrous stems or very sparse hairs near flowerheads.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Found from coast to about 1400m in altitude, mainly in open forest and wet sclerophyll forest. Grows in a range of freely to moderately well-drained acidic soils.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained
General Notes
Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Tolerates plenty of sunshine but prefers a semi-shaded site. Plants repond wellto pruning or clipping and are suitable for hedging. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Oct
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Sowing Months
Jan
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Jul
Aug
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Oct
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Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
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Aug
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed releases very quickly when ripe esp. if hot. allow fruit to mature in warm place, rub over screens to remove outer covering
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Very difficult to grow from seed.Some success has been reported with the burning of small twigs and leaf litter on top of the seed, although results are very erratic. The seed may respond to a combination of heat and smoke treatment.
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.
Cutting Notes
Usually grown from cuttings of barely firm young growth which strike readily. Care should be taken not to strip back the young bark.
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