| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Pimelea tometosa (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce |
| Bibliography | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 639 (1917) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Description | branchlets appresed hirsute, leaves subsessile, linear to lanceolate, acute to apiculate, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially densely appresed sericeous, flowers 6-12 in heads |
| Size | 30-50cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Banksia pilosa G.Forst. Banksia tomentosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Cookia pilosa J.F.Gmel. Passerina axillaris Thunb. Passerina pilosa L.f. Pimelea axillaris Banks & Sol. ex Wikstr. Pimelea dichotoma Colenso Pimelea pilosa Willd. Pimelea virgata Vahl Pimelea virgata var. pilosa Meisn. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |