Scientific Name: Ozothamnus thyrsoideus

Common Name: arching everlastingbush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Shrub with slender, spreading branches.

Height (m): 1.5 – 3

Flowers: Heads numerous, small, 6-8 florets outer bracts brown, inner bracts white-tipped papery.

Fruit: Achene – seeds with pappus of fine bristles with thickened tips.

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Common as regrowth shrub in burnt or logged areas of medium high rainfall and margins of wet eucalypt forest from sea level to alpine and sub-alpine.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Plant may be highly perfumed and may self seed.

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, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Each seed head contains many small seeds. Collect entire heads into bags, but not in wet weather. Check for insects.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed may have a 3-4 month after-ripening period. Surface sow or lightly cover.

Cutting & Division Information

Some success has been achieved with fresh new season’s growth. Use new growth starting to harden off, except when in bud and flower.