Scientific Name: Ozothamnus reticulatus Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: veined everlastingbush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Sturdy shrub, spreading branches, leaves dark green, long, narrow, shiny, 3-6cm.

Height (m): 1 – 3

Flowers: Almost round, white heads 5-7mm across.

Fruit: Achene – large creamy white seed heads, many small seeds within each head. Seed has fluffy white attachment.

Municipality
ClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKingboroughSorellSouthern MidlandsTasman
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Local on coastal cliff-faces and rocks, rocky parts of sandy coasts. Less common in north of Tasmania.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Easily grown from seed. Collect heads into bag, breakup and sieve when dry. Don’t collect in wet weather.

Seed Treatment Method

Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

Lightly dust seed with insecticide. 3-4 month after-ripening period. Surface sow or cover lightly.