Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsén is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsén

Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsén

Ozothamnus cupressoides is an aromatic endemic Australian shrub with scaly leaves and clustered summer-autumn flowers.

Family
Genus
Ozothamnus
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsén

Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsén is an aromatic shrub species endemic to Australia. Common names for this species are scaly everlasting, lattice everlasting, and kerosene bush. It reaches a height between 0.5 and 1 metre, and has white-tomentose branchlets. Its scale-like leaves measure 1 to 3 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. Leaves are green on the upper surface, and white-tomentose on the lower surface. The species produces flower heads in dense clusters during summer and autumn. It grows in boggy sites and subalpine heathland in New South Wales and Victoria. It was first formally published in 2010 in the journal Muelleria.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Ozothamnus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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