Common name: Spicy Everlasting
Ozothamnus argophyllus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Anderb. APNI* Synonyms: Helichrysum argophyllum (DC.) N.A.Wakef. APNI*
Ozothamnus argophyllus subsp. argophyllus (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Anderb. APNI*
Description: Aromatic shrub to 2.5 m high; branches with a white felty indumentum.
Leaves lanceolate, 25–50 mm long, 6–12 mm wide, margins ± recurved, lamina discolorous, upper surface green and viscid, lower surface white-felty and glistening with droplets of glandular exudate, midvein and margins glabrous; juvenile leaves greyish white and woolly; petiole 3–4 mm long.
Heads numerous in dense terminal corymbs; heads narrow-campanulate, 4–5 mm long, 2.5–3 mm diam.; outer involucral bracts leathery, ovate, golden, long woolly ciliate; inner bracts similar at the base to outer but with broad triangular, opaque white, erect or slightly reflexed laminas 1–1.5 mm long. Florets 10–12, all bisexual. Pappus bristles clavate.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland and on edges of rainforest, on granite or basalt; chiefly on the escarpment ranges; south from Barrington Tops N.P.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
|
