''Ozothamnus lepidophyllus'' (common name scaly-leaved everlasting) is a shrub in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

, native to

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. It is erect, growing from 0.25 to 0.6 m high with white flowers and grows on loamy, sandy and rocky soils. The species was described in 1845 by German botanist

Joachim Steetz Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 – 24 March 1862) was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Muelle ...

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''Ozothamnus lepidophyllus'': images and occurrence data
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