Ozothamnus alpinus

Compact shrub to 1(–1.5) m high; branchlets densely cottony, viscid. Leaves spreading, narrow elliptic, 4–10(–13) mm long, 2–3 mm wide, glabrous or glabrescent above, densely cottony and yellow-resinous beneath, apex obtuse, margins recurved; petioles 1–2 mm long. Inflorescences hemispherical, 18–24 mm diam. Capitula 25–60, dull-yellow to magenta (particularly in bud), cylindric, 5–6.5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide; involucral bracts 15–19, innermost spathulate, with lamina elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm long, spreading, flat, white, margin entire; receptacle bracts 0–3; female florets absent; hermaphrodite florets 3–6. Cypsela cylindric, 1–1.5 mm long, densely papillose; pappus bristles 3.5–4 mm long, apex tapering. Flowers Feb.–Mar.