Ozothamnus secundiflorus

Spreading shrub to 2 m high; branchlets densely cottony, not viscid. Leaves spreading, c. oblong, 10–25(–35) mm long, 1.5–3.5 mm wide, sparsely cottony to glabrescent above, densely white-cottony beneath, apex obtuse to acute, margin recurved; petioles 1–3 mm long. Inflorescences hemispherical, c. 2–3 cm diam., but crowded and secund along branches. Capitula 20–45, dull-yellow to brown below, turbinate, 4–5 mm long, c. 2 mm wide; involucral bracts 15–25, innermost spathulate, with lamina obovate, c. 2 mm long, suberect to spreading, flat to plicate, white, margin entire to irregular; receptacle bracts absent or 1; female florets 2–5; hermaphrodite florets 7–13. Cypsela pyriform, c. 1.3 mm long, sparsely papillose; pappus bristles 2.5–3.5 mm long, apex clavate. Flowers Dec.–Jan.