Pimelea ferruginea (Pink Rice Flower)

Pimelea ferruginea flowers

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Pimelea ferruginea shrub in flower

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Pimelea ferruginea shrub

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

PINK RICE FLOWER FACTS

distribution map showing range of Pimelea ferruginea in Australia

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Common Name
Pink Rice Flower

Description
The Pink Rice Flower is a small shrub growing to about 1 m tall. The dark green leaves are oval and grow about 12 mm long. The plant flowers in early spring and summer. The flowers are bright pink and produced in rounded flower heads at the ends of the branches. Each individual flower has four sepals that look like petals.

Habitat
sand dunes, rocky soils.

Distribution
The Pink Rice Flower is found in coastal areas of south west of Western Australia

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1
Spread (m): 1 - 1.5
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: pink
Flower Season: spring, summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Pimelea
Species:	ferruginea
Common Name:	Pink Rice Flower

Relatives in same Genus
  Pimelea ciliata
  Pimelea flava ssp Flava
  Pimelea humilis
  Pimelea linifolia
  Pimelea physodes
  Pimelea spectabilis