Rice Flower family : THYMELAEACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Aquilaria crassna Agarwood Photo: courtesy of Baxter O'Brien Babinda, Queensland

Daphne odora Sweet Daphne Sydney, September 2006

Pimelea ferruginea Pink Riceflower Sydney, September 2006

Pimelea humilis Common Riceflower Morwell Park, November 1991

Pimelea ligustrina Tall Riceflower Morwell Park, November 1995

Pimelea linifolia Slender Riceflower Wyee, February 2007

Plants in THYMELAEACEAE are food for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Candalides heathi

Candalides xanthospila

Heortia vitessoides

Orvasca semifusca

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 3 January 2013, 20 September 2017, updated 15 May 2020)