Ozothamnus diosmifolius

Rice Flower, White Dogwood, Sago Bush at Brogo, NSW

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Identification history

	Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh (R.O.Makinson 1228) NSW Herbarium	15 Oct 2017	CCPK
	Unidentified	15 Oct 2017	CCPK

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Is it possible this is Merimbula Star-hair? I will try get better photos in a couple of weeks when next at Brogo and hopefully the flowers will have emerged by then and still be there.

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

16 Oct 2017

It looks like some sort of daisy. Unfortunately the close up is out of focus.
As far as I know, Merimbula star hair is only at the bottom end of Bournda National Park extening as far as the junction of the main road that goes north from Merimbula and the Tura Beach road, where Don photographed it.

JackieMiles wrote:

17 Oct 2017

Yep, this is either Ozothamnus diosmifolius or Cassinia aculeata, the two "dogwoods" with relatively short leaves that occur down here. The Astrotricha certainly does look similar in the leaves and general form, and you are not the first person to have confused them.

CCPK wrote:

17 Oct 2017

Thanks Jackie and Betty. Claire has said to me before that if she had a fraction of either of your knowledge of native plants, she'd be a very happy person. Cheers, Pete

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