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COMMON RICE FLOWER FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Common Rice Flower
Other Names
Dwarf Riceflower
Description
The Common Rice Flower is a small shrub growing to 0.5 m tall. The leaves are elliptical and grow 5 mm to 15 mm long and 2 mm to 8 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer from September to January. The flowers are creamy white and produced in rounded flower heads. Each individual flower has four sepals that look like petals. Fruit is a capsule about 5 mm long.
Habitat
heathland, woodlands, grassland
Distribution
The Common Rice Flower is found in Victoria, southern South Australia, south eastern New South Wales, Tasmania.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Malvales | | Family: | Thymelaeaceae | | Genus: | Pimelea | | Species: | humilis | | Common Name: | Common Rice Flower |
Relatives in same Genus
Pimelea ciliata
Pimelea ferruginea
Pimelea flava ssp Flava
Pimelea linifolia
Pimelea physodes
Pimelea spectabilis
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