About Ozothamnus hookeri Sond.
Ozothamnus hookeri Sond., commonly known as kerosene bush, is an aromatic shrub species endemic to Australia. It reaches a height between 0.5 and 1 metre, and has white-tomentose branchlets. Its scale-like leaves are 4 to 5 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. The leaves are green on the upper surface and white tomentose on the lower surface. Dense clusters of flower heads appear on this species during summer and autumn. It occurs in boggy sites and subalpine heathland in New South Wales and Tasmania. This species was formally described in 1853 by German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder. The Latin specific epithet hookeri honors the English botanist William Jackson Hooker, who lived from 1785 to 1865.
