Pimelea suaveolens, commonly known as scented banjine,[2] is a slender shrub with large, rather hairy yellow inflorescences.

The inflorescences are 30–40 mm (1–2 in) across and consist of many pale to deep yellow flowers surrounded by hairy, petal-like bracts and hang from the branches.

[2][3][4] Pimelea suaveolens was first formally described in 1845 by Carl Meissner and the description was published in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from a specimen collected by James Drummond at Greenmount in 1839.

[7] In 1988, Barbara Rye named two subspecies of P. suaveolens in the journal Nuytsia and the names are accepted at the Australian Plant Census:[8] Scented banjine grows on sand, sandy clay, gravel and laterite on undulating plains, flats, ridges and roadsides.

[12] Pimelea suaveolens is classified by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions as "not threatened".