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Kerosene Bush
Kerosene bush is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Banksia nobilis'', a plant species from Western Australia *'' Ozothamnus cupressoides'', a plant species from eastern Australia *''Ozothamnus hookeri ''Ozothamnus hookeri'', commonly known as kerosene bush, is an aromatic shrub species, endemic to Australia. It grows to between 0.5 and 1 metre in height and has white-tomentose branchlets. The scale-like leaves are 4 to 5 mm long and 0.5 ...'', a plant species from eastern Australia {{Plant common name Banksia taxa by common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Nobilis
''Banksia nobilis'', commonly known as the golden dryandra, great dryandra or kerosene bush, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae which is endemic to Western Australia. It occurs on lateritic rises from Eneabba to Katanning in the state's Southwest Botanic Province. With large pinnatifid leaves with triangular lobes, and a golden or reddish pink inflorescence, it is a popular garden plant. It was known as ''Dryandra nobilis'' until 2007, when all ''Dryandra'' species were transferred to ''Banksia'' by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. There are two subspecies, ''B. nobilis'' subsp. ''nobilis'' and ''B. nobilis'' subsp. ''fragrans''. Description ''Banksia nobilis'' grows as a shrub up to four metres high. Its leaves are pinnatifid, with 14 to 32 triangular lobes on each side from eight to 22 centimetres long, five to 25 millimetres wide, on a petiole five to 15 millimetres long. Inflorescences occur on short lateral branchlets; this species bears a great many inflorescences, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozothamnus Cupressoides
''Ozothamnus cupressoides'' is an aromatic shrub species, endemic to Australia. Common names include scaly everlasting, lattice everlasting or kerosene bush Kerosene bush is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Banksia nobilis'', a plant species from Western Australia *'' Ozothamnus cupressoides'', a plant species from eastern Australia *''Ozothamnus hookeri ''Ozothamnus hookeri'' .... It grows to between 0.5 and 1 metre in height and has white- tomentose branchlets. The scale-like leaves are 1 to 3 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. These are green on the upper surface, and white tomentose below. The flower heads appear in dense clusters in summer and autumn The species occurs in boggy sites and subalpine heathland in New South Wales and Victoria. It was first formally described in 2010 in the journal ''Muelleria''. References cupressoides Asterales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (state) Plants described in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozothamnus Hookeri
''Ozothamnus hookeri'', commonly known as kerosene bush, is an aromatic shrub species, endemic to Australia. It grows to between 0.5 and 1 metre in height and has white-tomentose branchlets. The scale-like leaves are 4 to 5 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. These are green on the upper surface, and white tomentose below. The flower heads appear in dense clusters in summer and autumn The species occurs in boggy sites and subalpine heathland New South Wales and Tasmania. The species was formally described in 1853 by German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder. The Latin specific epithet ''hookeri'' refers to the English botanist William Jackson Hooker Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he ... (1785-1865).Allen J. Coombes References hookeri Asterales of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
