Pityrodia jamesii is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Pityrodia jamesii is a spreading, hairy shrub which grows to a height of about 0.5–1.82 m (1.6–6.0 ft), its branches covered with yellowish hairs.

The petals are white 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long and joined for about half their length to form a bell shaped tube with five lobes on the end.

[2][3] Pityrodia jamesii was first formally described in 1979 by Raymond Specht from a specimen collected from sandstone hills near Gunbalanya, Northern Territory during the third American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1951.

The specific epithet (jamesii) honours Stewart James who assisted with collection of specimens and was an agricultural advisor.