Common name

A Cassinia

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland and shrubland. Kosciuszko National Park and east to the tablelands south west of Cooma.

Notes

Shrub to 2.0 m high. Young stems with a dense white tomentum, occasionally with glandular hairs. Leaves alternating up the stems, cylindrical, 0.7–1.8 cm long, about 1 mm wide, margins rolled down almost to the midrib, upper surface mid-green, with sparse rough hairs particularly on the margins, midrib sunken, lower surface densely white tomentose including the prominent midrib, tips pointed. Flower heads 4.5–5 mm long; white to cream, with 4–5 florets, in flat or rounded clusters with 25–400 heads. Flowering: March–June

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cassinia~ochracea (accessed 7 January, 2021)