Ozothamnus hookeri

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Ozothamnus

At a glance

Occurrence records767

Data sources6

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Ozothamnus hookeri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility767 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources28 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS12 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF767 records

01Narrative

Ozothamnus hookeri, commonly known as kerosene bush, is an aromatic shrub species, endemic to Australia. It grows to between 0.5 and 1 metre in height and has white-tomentose branchlets. The scale-like leaves are 4 to 5 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. These are green on the upper surface, and white tomentose below. The flower heads appear in dense clusters in summer and autumn The species occurs in boggy sites and subalpine heathland New South Wales and Tasmania. The species was formally described in 1853 by German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder. The Latin specific epithet hookeri refers to the English botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865).Allen J. Coombes

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology10

Leaf length2 mm

Leaf mass per area323 g/m2

Leaf size1.57 mm²

Leaf width1 mm

Plant height2 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 2 m · TRY: 0.473 m

Seed length1.04 mm

Seed mass0.115 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.115 mg · AusTraits: 0.135 mg · GIFT: 0.11 mg

Seed mass max0.11 mg

Seed mass min0.11 mg

Seed width0.845 mm

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timeyyyyynnnnnny

Life span>50

⚠ sources differ — TRY: >50 · AusTraits: perennial · GIFT: perennial

Lifespan years50 years

Pollination syndromeinsect

Reproductive maturity2 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Habitat & environment5

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typeachene

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density692 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition12 compounds

Compounds documented for Ozothamnus hookeri across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile4 classes

Flavonols9

Flavones1

Catechols with side chains1

Kaurane and Phyllocladane diterpenoids1

Documented compounds12 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
3',4',5,7-Tetrahydroxy-3,8-dimethoxyflavone	present	LOTUS
3,5,4'-Trihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone	present	LOTUS
3,5,8-Trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone	present	LOTUS
3,5-Dihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone	present	LOTUS
5,7,8-Trihydroxy-3-methoxyflavone	present	LOTUS
5-Hydroxy-3,7,8-trimethoxyflavone	present	LOTUS
8-Methoxygalangin	present	LOTUS
Herbacetin 3,8,4'-trimethyl ether	present	LOTUS
Kauran-16-ol	present	LOTUS
Quercetin 3-O-methyl-ether	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type767 records

Wild obs. + sensor452

Museum / vouchered310

Cultivated / captive4

Other1

Origin

Native76

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 444 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 236≤1 km 104≤10 km 64>10 km 15

419 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor452

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy53% within 1 km

≤100 m 23≤1 km 123≤10 km 116>10 km 13

275 georeferenced · 35 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence310

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 4

4 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions12 of 19 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Hobart, AU	111
Mount Annan, AU	76
Canberra, AU	40
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	37
QVMAGlocation not on record	17
Adelaide, AU	6
Brisbane, AU	5
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	3
Kensington, AU	2
Wellington, NZ	2
Kew, GB	2
Stockholm, SE	1
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	1
MAlocation not on record	1
Parkville, AU	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Honolulu, US	1
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

19 institutions · 309 of 310 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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