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

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Leaves and bracts without prominent intramarginal veins. Flowers hairy but not silky

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Leaves glaucous, narrow-elliptic, 5–10 mm long. Heads with usually less than 20 flowers. Prostrate or dense, low shrub up to 50 cm high. Widespread. Open forest and heath. Fl. spring–summer Pimelea linifoliacaesia

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Leaves green. Heads with usually more than 20 flowers. Leaves narrow-oblong to narrow-elliptic, 5–35 mm long