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WA native ID
Have spent sometime looking through the http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/ for an ID of this native plant, don't really have enough data to input into a search. This image was taken in Albany (WA) late March: http://tinyurl.com/324nwv Rupert. |
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WA native ID
Mark Wareing wrote:
Have spent sometime looking through the http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/ for an ID of this native plant, don't really have enough data to input into a search. This image was taken in Albany (WA) late March: http://tinyurl.com/324nwv The leaves say Epacris to me, but I couldn't find anything in the quick look online that I had. However, this page http://asgap.org.au/epacris4.html suggests, based on the flowers, that they may actually be of the Styphelia genus, but there seems to be only pictures of 5 Styphelia in that florabase., so I'm none the wiser. |
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WA native ID
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"Mark Wareing" wrote: Have spent sometime looking through the http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/ for an ID of this native plant, don't really have enough data to input into a search. This image was taken in Albany (WA) late March: http://tinyurl.com/324nwv To me it looks like a Calothamnus, because of the way the flowers hang and the cat's paw effect at the end. Problem is that all the Calothamnus species seem to have long skinny leaves, not little oval ones, and they aren't (AFAIK) in those symmetric opposing pairs we see in your photo. It's called decussate, apparently (a characteristic of the Labiatae/Lamiaceae, also not covered well by this database). Calothamnus villosus is common around Albany -- could it be a variant? I'd suggest contacting the Albany Branch of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia: http://www.albanygateway.com.au/town...t.asp?sw=1004& Let us know what you find out -- it's spectacular, isn't it? Hmm, scratch all that. I just did a search by colour, flower season and region and came up with Beaufortia sparsa, Swamp Bottlebrush. In the Myrtaceae. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5392 Not as good a photo of the plant as yours, but the leaves look right. Your photo showed the leaf arrangement, a flower in bud, and the old seed pods on the stem -- very comprehensive! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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"Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-4FC4BF.23180703042008@news... In article , "Mark Wareing" wrote: Have spent sometime looking through the http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/ for an ID of this native plant, don't really have enough data to input into a search. This image was taken in Albany (WA) late March: http://tinyurl.com/324nwv To me it looks like a Calothamnus, because of the way the flowers hang and the cat's paw effect at the end. Problem is that all the Calothamnus species seem to have long skinny leaves, not little oval ones, and they aren't (AFAIK) in those symmetric opposing pairs we see in your photo. It's called decussate, apparently (a characteristic of the Labiatae/Lamiaceae, also not covered well by this database). Calothamnus villosus is common around Albany -- could it be a variant? I'd suggest contacting the Albany Branch of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia: http://www.albanygateway.com.au/town...t.asp?sw=1004& Let us know what you find out -- it's spectacular, isn't it? Hmm, scratch all that. I just did a search by colour, flower season and region and came up with Beaufortia sparsa, Swamp Bottlebrush. In the Myrtaceae. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5392 Not as good a photo of the plant as yours, but the leaves look right. Your photo showed the leaf arrangement, a flower in bud, and the old seed pods on the stem -- very comprehensive! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ Well done, I spent ages looking through my search results and just couldn't find it. I was pleased with the photo. I came across the plants whilst walking my dogs through the bush. Was wanting to post it to an online photo gallery, so really needed to know what they were. I have just posted it in my gallery: http://tinyurl.com/yyzh3o Thanks guys for all your help Rupert. |
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