Ozothamnus cupressoides

Ozothamnus cupressoides is an aromatic shrub species, endemic to Australia.^[2] Common names include scaly everlasting, lattice everlasting or kerosene bush. It grows to between 0.5 and 1 metre in height and has white-tomentose branchlets. The scale-like leaves are 1 to 3 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. These are green on the upper surface, and white tomentose below.^[3] The flower heads appear in dense clusters in summer and autumn^[3] The species occurs in boggy sites and subalpine heathland in New South Wales and Victoria.^[3] It was first formally described in 2010 in the journal Muelleria.^[1]

Ozothamnus cupressoides
Ozothamnus cupressoides in Baw Baw National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ozothamnus
Species:	O. cupressoides
Binomial name
Ozothamnus cupressoides Puttock & D.J.Ohlsen[1]
Synonyms
Ozothamnus sp. 1 Ozothamnus sp. (aff. hookeri)