Uploads from sixdos, tagged grasslands

Eryngium ovinum form

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:53:28 -0800

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Blue Devils were so called, due to their bright blue of the flowers and branches, and for the prickly seed that would get caught up in sheeps wool, contaminating the wool clip. Has large tuberous roots, common to many grassland adatped plants, helping them to cope with drought and recover from fire.

Enchylaena tomentosa form yellow fruiting

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:30:46 -0800

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Ruby Saltbush or Barrier Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)

Eutaxia diffusa group

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:45:50 -0800

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Synonyms: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.)
Numerous Euxtaxia shrubs growing along the roadside at the end of Flinders Avenue near entrance to You Yangs Regional Park. They are looking a bit stressed from long period of drought, and there no signs of any seedling recruitment. A fire would probably reinvigorate them and promote flush of seedling germination.

Eutaxia diffusa flower macro

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:38:35 -0800

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Common Eutaxia or Shrubby Eutaxia. Synonyms: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.). To west of Melbourne, my experience is that this shrubby form has more yellowish flowers.

Eutaxia microphylla form

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:30:36 -0800

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Small-leaved Eutaxia in cultivation can be planted closely to form a dense flowering mat. A glorious display for a couple of weeks

Eutaxia microphylla flower macro

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:34:26 -0800

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Small-leaved Eutaxia (Eutaxia microphylla var. microphylla) is the ground cover form.

Eutaxia microphylla form macro

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:23:31 -0800

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Small-leaved Eutaxia (Eutaxia microphylla var. microphylla) is the ground cover form.

Eutaxia diffusa form

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:13:45 -0800

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Synonyms: Eutaxia microphylla var. diffusa (F.Muell.)
Is the shrubby form

Eutaxia microphylla flowers

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:17:12 -0800

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Small-leaved Eutaxia

Eutaxia microphylla form wild 1

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:15:42 -0800

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Small-leaved Eutaxia is a variable in form, with shrubby chracteristics. I have often photogrpahed the form that appears to be more prostrate and acts as a ground cover. Also slightly variable in floweirng colour from yellowish to brighter orange.

Eutaxia microphylla form wild 2

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:18:53 -0800

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Small-leaved Eutaxia

Eryngium vesiculosum flower macro

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:12:59 -0800

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Prickfoot

Eryngium vesiculosum form 2

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:00:19 -0800

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Prickfoot

Eryngium vesiculosum form 1

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:09:27 -0800

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Prickfoot

Eryngium ovinum flower wasp macro

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:50:18 -0800

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Blue Devils with what I think was a wasp or fly.

Eryngium ovinum flower macro

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:53:50 -0800

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Blue Devils

Eryngium ovinum flower

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:42:00 -0800

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Blue Devils

Enchylaena tomentosa mixed fruit

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:36:45 -0800

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Ruby Saltbush or Barrier Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa) are often found under trees, reflecting a brid halo, sa they eat the fruit fly to another tree and poo out the seed which germinates and grows under the tree. In this photo yellow fruiting and red fruting forms are growing amongst one another.

Enchylaena tomentosa fruit yellow form

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:22:08 -0800

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Ruby Saltbush or Barrier Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)

Enchylaena tomentosa fruit 2

nobody@flickr.com (sixdos) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:12:51 -0800

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Ruby Saltbush or Barrier Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa) provides an edible fruit for birds, lizards and humans.