Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Pimelea humilis synonym: Banksia humilis |
| Common Name: | common rice-flower, dwarf riceflower |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 10-30 cm x 0.3-1 m |
| Foliage: | Densely hairy new growth. Pairs of grey-green elliptic leaves 6-16 mm x 1-9 mm. |
| Flowers: | Terminal flowerheads of many flowers, base of dense fragrant creamy-white flowers hairless, densely hairy above, surrounded by 4-6 bracts, hairy on inside, yellow base, green above. Flowers bisexual or female. September-January, |
| General Comments: | Erect to spreading herb. Dainty little plant for small gardens, rockeries and borders. Establishes under trees and shrubs. Container plant. Responds to heavy pruning. Frost tolerant. Nectar for butterflies |
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| Plant Propagation: | Softwood or semi-hardwood cutting. |
