Pimelea spicata R.Br.

Shrub, prostrate or to 50 cm high. Stems glabrous. Leaves opposite or nearly so, shortly petiolate, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, glabrous, medium green on adaxial surface, paler abaxially; lamina 5–21 mm long, 5–11 mm wide. Inflorescence terminal, becoming elongate and interrupted, to 35 mm long, many-flowered; involucral bracts absent. Flowers bisexual or rarely female, glabrous inside, white or pale pink; pedicel glabrous. Hypanthium 4–5 mm long, glabrous outside except a few hairs towards summit, circumscissile; style-portion 2.5–3 mm long. Sepals 1.5–2 mm long, with scattered hairs outside. Ovary distally hairy; style exserted. Fruit dry, enclosed.

Recorded from banks above the ocean beach and further inland on shale in forest.