Common Rice-flower

Common Rice-flower

Common Rice-flower

Pimelea humilis


Perennial. Develops suckering roots where the branches touch the soil.


Details Description
Type
Shrub
Group
Rice-flower
Identifying Characteristics

Dwarf shrub to 30 cm tall and 60 cm wide. Leaves opposite, decussate, grey-green, small and oval. Flowers small, tubular, creamy-white, in dense clusters at the top of stems. Flowers September-January.

Distinctive Features

Hairy stems. Leaves are opposite and decussate in this Pimelia species.

Life Form Group
Shrub
Life Form Codes
Small Shrub (SS)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 175: Grassy Woodland
EVC 55_61: Plains Grassy Woodland
EVC 55_63: Higher Rainfall Plains Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Pimelea
Species
humilis
Common Rice-flower
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.