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 not ciliate on margins
Stems glabrous except when very young. Leaves oblanceolate to narrow-elliptic, up to 35 mm long. Bracts 4–8, oblanceolate to ovate, up to 20 mm long. Heads with up to 60 flowers
Leaves and bracts with prominent raised intramarginal veins at least on undersurface, often drying to a bluish colour. Flowers usually silky. Erect shrub up to 1 m high. Widespread. Heath and forest, usually in damp situations. Fl. spring–summer Pimelea linifoliacollina
Leaves and bracts without prominent intramarginal veins. Flowers hairy but not silky