Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ozothamnus cuneifolius
Common name
Wedge everlasting, Wedge-leaf Everlasting
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest and woodland. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, south of Batemans Bay.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m high. Stems pale, densely cottony. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.7–4 cm long, 2.5–10 mm wide, upper surface green, hairless or sticky, lower surface greyish or yellow, hairy with fine hairs and resinous, tips rounded to squared off, margins flat to curved down, and wavy or with minute teeth. Flower heads cylindrical or narrow-bell-shaped, 3.5–4.5 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, with 4–6 florets. 15–17 bracts appressed to the flower heads, outer bracts brownish or greenish, inner bracts white. Flower heads in clusters of 50–300 at the tops of the stems. Flowering: spring–summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ozothamnus~cuneifolius (accessed 29 January, 2021)
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