Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ozothamnus stirlingii
Common name
Ovens everlasting
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest and woodland at higher altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park and ACT. East of the ACT on the tablelands and the western edge of the ranges.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m high. Stems with a greenish-yellow tomentum, glistening with resin droplets, later becoming hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2.5-12 cm long, 4-30 mm wide, upper surface dark green, sticky, lower surface pale green or white, sticky and glistening, and with a fine tomentum, tips narrowly pointed, margins flat. Flower heads 5–10 mm long, 11–15 mm in diameter, hemispherical to broad-bell-shaped, with more than 50 florets. 40–56 bracts appressed to the flower heads, outer bracts golden, inner bracts white. Flower heads in clusters of 3-25 heads. Flowering: spring-autumn.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ozothamnus~stirlingii (accessed 29 January, 2021)
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