Pimelea Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn.
Stamens 2. Petals absent Pimelea
Flowers in heads
Flowers up to c. 20 mm long, white or pink to cream. Heads surrounded by bracts clearly different from the leaves
Inner bracts ciliate on margins
Floral tube hairy at base. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 10 cm long, glabrous except when young. Heads with more than 15 flowers. Bracts 4–8, elliptic to ovate, 4–18 mm long. Shrubs up to 3 m high
Peduncles glabrous or nearly so. Bracts glabrous inside, hairy outside. Shrub up to 1.5 m high. Widespread. Open forests. Fl. summer Pimelea ligustrinaligustrina
Peduncles hairy just below the bracts. Bracts villous inside and outside. Shrub up to 2 m high. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Margins of WSF. Fl. summer Pimelea ligustrinahypericina