Ozothamnus cupressoides

Ozothamnus cupressoides
Ozothamnus cupressoides in Baw Baw National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Gnaphalieae
Genus:	Ozothamnus
Species:	O. cupressoides
Binomial name
Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsen[1]
Synonyms
Ozothamnus sp. 1 Ozothamnus sp. (aff. hookeri)

Ozothamnus cupressoides is an aromatic shrub species, endemic to Australia.^[2] Common names include Scaly Everlasting, Lattice Everlasting or Kerosene Bush. It grows to between 0.5 and 1 metre in height and has white-tomentose branchlets. The scale-like leaves are 1 to 3 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. These are green on the upper surface, and white tomentose below.^[3] The flowerheads appear in dense clusters in summer and autumn^[3] The species occurs in boggy sites and subalpine heathland in New South Wales and Victoria.^[3] It was first formally described in 2010 in the journal Muelleria.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ozothamnus cupressoides". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Ozothamnus+cupressoides. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
2. ^ Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Ozothamnus sp. 1 sensu Fl. Victoria (1999)". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ozothamnus~sp.+1+sensu+Fl.+Victoria+(1999). Retrieved 2010-01-01.