Atherosperma moschatum Labill.

Shrubs to conical trees, 2–30 m high; nodes sometimes flattened. Young branchlets, inflorescences and leaf undersurface usually densely hairy. Leaves aromatic when crushed: petiole 2–6 mm long; lamina lanceolate, oblanceolate to elliptic, 3–9.5 cm long, 0.8–2.3 cm wide, cuneate to obtuse at base, regularly to irregularly toothed or entire, acute at apex, glossy green on upper surface, with dense grey to white indumentum below or rarely glabrescent. Flowers pleasantly perfumed; tepals 6–10 mm long, cream to white often streaked with purple. Fruiting hypanthium c. 10–12 mm long, with 10–30 achenes. Achenes c. 10–20 mm long including a slender plumose style 8–17 mm long.

A cool temperate plant. It grows in rainforest. It grows in cool, damp valleys. It grows as an understorey tree from sea level to the alpine zone in Tasmania. They are frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 8-10. Arboretum Tasmania.

The bark is used to flavour drinks. The bark, fresh or dried can be used for tea. The leaves can be used to make tea.

Plants can be grown from seed or stem cuttings. Cuttings can be slow to strike.