Ozothamnus R.Br.
Receptacle without scales or scales 0–3 and many less than florets Ozothamnus
Leaves less than 3 cm long (rarely 4cm)
Florets 14 or fewer
Leaves with decurrent margins, in prominent lines, linear, 2–8 mm long. Heads in dense terminal corymbs. Involucre 3–4 mm diam.; bracts obtuse, white or straw-coloured, without a spreading limb. Florets 10–12. Cypselas glabrous or papillose, less than 1 mm long. Pappus hairs few, 2 mm long. Heath-like shrub 1–2 m high. Woronora Plateau, Hurstville–Waterfall; Blue Mts Open forests on sandy soils. Fl. spring Ozothamnus adnatus
Leaves not decurrent, linear, mostly obtuse, 5–50 mm long (rarely 40 mm). Heads numerous in dense corymbs. Involucre 3 mm diam.; inner bracts with a white erect limb. Florets 6–14, white. Cypselas ribbed. Pappus hairs clavate at the tip. Shrub up to 3 m high. Blue Mts Open forests, creek banks. Fl. summer Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius