Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Pimelea Sol. ex Gaertn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea oreophila C.J.Burrows, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand, Bot. 1: 217 (1962) subsp. oreophila
 Description

Young stems moderately thick (2.5–3.5 mm), light brown, with a moderate cover of short, appressed hairs, internodes 2.5–5 mm, node buttresses usually lunate, sometimes elongate. Older stems moderately thick (to 6 mm), 10–50 cm long. Leaves usually elliptic, sometimes ovate, slightly keeled, with sparse, short, white to dull-white abaxial hairs on margins, mid-veins and tips. Fruits orange or red.

[Reproduced from Burrows (2011, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 41–106) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Burrows, C.J. 1962: Studies in Pimelea. II. Taxonomy of Some Mountain Species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Botany 1: 217–223.
Burrows, C.J. 2011: Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 4. The taxonomic treatment of ten endemic abaxially hairy-leaved species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 49(1): 41–106.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]