This small shrub has a variable habit from erect and open to prostrate clump-forming habit in coastal settings. It has narrow lanced-shaped dark green leaves and creamy white tube-shaped flowers appear in clusters during spring.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Pimelea linifoliais naturally found on the east coast of Australia from New South Wales to Tasmania growing in forests and scrubland in sandstone based soils. It prefers a open sunny to semi shaded position and is drought and frost tolerant.

The Slender Rice-flower is a common plant that is grown in small native gardens as a specimen or along borders and in containers. It is also planted in rockeries, bushland settings on the coast, tolerating very sandy soils. It is fast growing and establishes in 2 to 3 years. ID.1160

Pimelea(pi-ME-lay-a) linifolia(lin-ee-FOL-ea)

Thymelaeaceae (TY-mel-ee-AY-see-ee)
Daphne Family