Pimelea nivea   Cotton bush or Round-leave Rice-flower Tasmanian Endemic

Pimelea nivea

Motoring along the Eastern Tasmanian coast road towards Freycinet National Park, we spied a large patch of tall white flowers on the verge. They seem to fit the description and few photos of Pimelea nivea which does grow on the coast and up to 1000 feet in the hills.

In the close-up photo (thumbnail below) you can see the very cottony fibres which probably give this plant its English name.

Pimelea nivea                  
Flower head                  

Coast road out of St Helens, Tasmania, 6th September 2007

Added on 14th October 2007