Australian Native Plants

  Pimelea ciliata (White Banjine)


Pimelea ciliata photo
Pimelea ciliata subsp. ciliata flowers

Photograph by Kevin Thiele from Perth. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




WHITE BANJINE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Pimelea ciliata in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
White Banjine

Description
The White Banjine is an erect shrub that grows to about 1 m tall. The leaves are oval with a pointed tip. The plant flowers in spring and summer from August to December. The flowers are white or pink, and produced in flower heads on the ends of the branches. Each individual flower has four sepals that look like petals.

Habitat
plains, rocky outcrops, seasonally wet depressions

Distribution
White Banjine is found in south west of Western Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m - 1m
Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Malvales
Family:Thymelaeaceae
Genus:Pimelea
Species:ciliata
Common Name:White Banjine


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