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Ozothamnus antennaria

Ozothamnus antennaria
Photo: Theloniousmonk27, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Ozothamnus antennaria, commonly known as the sticky everlasting bush, is a shrub endemic to Tasmania, Australia.

Derivation of Name: Ozothamnus from Greek ozo, to smell and thamnos, a shrub, referring to the smelly foliage.

How to grow it

Although not widely cultivated, Ozothamnus antennaria can be propagated from fresh seed or tip cuttings.

Where it grows

Ozothamnus antennaria is endemic to Tasmania, it is a wet forest shrub, widespread and common on rocky hillsides at elevations ranging from 100 to 1,000 m (330 to 3,280 ft). Especially on Mount Wellington / kunanyi and the central mountains.

Other Ozothamnus plants

Helichrysum lanceolatum · Alpine Everlasting · Ozothamnus costatifructus · Wedge Leaf Everlasting · Kerosene Bush · Riceflower · Ozothamnus expansifolius · Tree Everlasting · Ozothamnus floribundus · Kerosene Bush · Kerosene Weed · Scaly-leaved everlasting

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ozothamnus antennaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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