Pimelea physodes (Qualup Bell)
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Pimelea physodes (cultivated, unlabelled) Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia
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QUALUP BELL FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Qualup Bell
Description
Qualup Bell is an upright small shrub that grows to about one metre in height. The oval leaves are about 10mm long and 6 mm wide. It produces clusters of hanging bell-shaped flowers in spring. The flowers are surrounded by bracts which vary in colour from red, yellow, green to purple. It makes a popular cut flower, and is cultivated commercially for this purpose. However, the plant is difficult to grow in the humid summer climate of the eastern states.
Habitat
grows on sandy soil on sandplains and mallee heath
Distribution
Qualup Bell is found on the south coast of Western Australia between Albany and Esperance
Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m - 1m
Spread: 0.3m - 0.5m
Propagation
seed, cuttings, grafting
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Malvales | | Family: | Thymelaeaceae | | Genus: | Pimelea | | Species: | physodes | | Common Name: | Qualup Bell |
Relatives in same Genus
Pimelea ciliata
Pimelea ferruginea
Pimelea flava ssp Flava
Pimelea humilis
Pimelea linifolia
Pimelea spectabilis
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