Cassinia ozothamnoides
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| Cassinia ozothamnoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cassinia |
| Species: | C. ozothamnoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassinia ozothamnoides | |
Cassinia ozothamnoides, commonly known as cottony haeckeria,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy branchlets, linear leaves and corymbs of up to two hundred flower heads.
Cassinia ozothamnoides is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) with its branchlets densely covered with woolly white hairs. The leaves are linear, 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long and about 1.0 mm (0.039 in) wide. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green, the edges rolled under, the lower surface is densely covered with white, woolly hairs and there is a small point on the end. The flower heads are 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, each with five or six florets surrounded by 12 to 18 overlapping involucral bracts. Between 50 and 200 heads are arranged in corymbs 50–90 mm (2.0–3.5 in) in diameter. Flowering occurs from October to March and the achenes are 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) long with a pappus of up to sixteen bristles 1.5–1.8 mm (0.059–0.071 in) long.[2]