Pimelea punicea is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to northern Australia.
Pimelea punicea is a glabrous, somewhat glaucous annual herb that typically grows to a height of 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in).
The flowers are red to orange-red and arranged in heads on the ends of branches on a peduncle expanded at its top into a funnel-shaped receptacle.
[2][3] Pimelea punicea was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.
[6] This pimelea mainly grows in open forest, usually in sandy soil and often in rocky ground.