Pimelea brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear to elliptic leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Pimelea brachyphylla is an erect to spreading shrub or undershrub that typically grows to high. The leaves are linear to oval-oblong, top and underside surface a different colour, long, wide, sessile or with a short stalk. The inflorescence are upright, flowers are bisexual or female, white and smooth on the inside. The 4-6 flower bracts are egg-shaped to broadly elliptic, long, wide, hairy on the inside and sometimes very small hairs on the margins. Flowering occurs from June to October.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Pimelea brachyphylla was first formally described in 1873 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[5] [6] The specific epithet (brachyphylla) means "short-leaved".[7]
This pimelea grows in mallee woodland or shrubland from near Wagin to Israelite Bay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Pimelea brachyphylla is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.