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Ozothamnus alpinus

Synonyms: Helichrysum alpinum (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ozothamnus alpinus, commonly known as alpine everlasting, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to alpine and subalpine areas in the states of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It usually grows to between 0.75 and 1 metre high and has oblong leaves that are 4 to 10 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. These have glossy green upper surfaces, while underneath they are yellowish and covered with hairs. The white flowers appear in small dense heads from December to March in the species native range. The pink or red outer bracts stand out when the flowers are in bud.
View Wikipedia Record: Ozothamnus alpinus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kosciuszko National Park II 1705480 New South Wales, Australia

Providers

Pollinated by 
Musca vetustissima (Australian bush fly)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0