''Ozothamnus obcordatus'', the grey everlasting, is a
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
in the family
Asteraceae, native to the states of
Queensland,
New South Wales,
Victoria and
Tasmania in
Australia
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.
It grows to 1.5 metres high and has
obcordate, broad-elliptic
obovate leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
which are 6 to 15 mm long and 3 to 6 mm wide.
[ These have tips that bend backwards and are shiny and green on the top and covered with grey hairs underneath.][
The species is regarded as having potential in commercial cut flower production.]
References
obcordatus
Asterales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of Victoria (state)
Plants described in 1838
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