Pimelea cinerea
Pimelea cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender shrub with more or less elliptic leaves, and heads of white flowers surrounded by leaves. Description
Pimelea cinerea is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of , the stems densely hairy but with few branches. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic to narrowly elliptic or oblong,  long and  wide on a short petiole. The flowers are borne in few-flowered heads surrounded by 2, 4 or 6 bract-like leaves, and are bisexual, white and hairy on a hairy pedicel, the floral tube  long and the sepals about  long. Flowering occurs from November to January. Taxonomy and naming
Pimelea cinerea was first formally described in 1810 by Robert  Brown in his book Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (cinerea) means "ash-coloured" or "grey". Distribution and habitat
This pimelea grows in forest in the south and west of Tasmania, mainly at altitudes between . References

cinerea
Malvales of Australia
Flora of Tasmania
Plants described in 1810
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)