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Ozothamnus selaginoides (Asteraceae)
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Ozothamnus
selaginoides is endemic to Tasmania and believed to
be extinct.
It is a slender, much branched, spreading shrub between
50-100 cm tall.
The
leaves are overlapping like roof-tiles and have no stalk.
The base is pressed closely to
the stem and causes scars to form when the leaves fall away.
The blades are erect or
half spreading with a blunt tip and between 5-7 mm long.
The flower heads
are creamy-yellow and in dense clusters at the ends of the
branches. They are usually
between 10-12 stalkless flower heads surrounded by the
uppermost foliage leaves
The only records for this species
are of flowering specimens from the Table Mountain area,
west of Oatlands, collected in 1845 by C. Stuart and R. Gunn
and are currently
held at the Tasmanian Herbarium.
(information from Tas
government NRE)
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University of Tasmania