2. Flowers

Wildflowers - Yuraygir National Park NSW Australia

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Seed capsule of orchid, probably the Wallum Sun Orchid, "Thelymitra purpurata". We had to wait another year to confirm these flowers in the Powerlines area near Wooli.
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Seed capsule of orchid, probably the Wallum Sun Orchid, "Thelymitra purpurata". We had to wait another year to confirm these flowers in the Powerlines area near Wooli.

Wooli wildflowers brian

  • "Daviesia umbellulata", branching understory shrub. Note alternate leaves, broader at base and taper to sharp point.
  • "Juncus articulatus", an introduced species. Comments, Barry, "Juncus species mosytly inhabit damp (or wet) sites, and there are many species on the North Coast, but for some reason they are not often found in wet heath. "Juncus krausii" (Sea Rush) lines most estuaries and other saline areas".
  • "Laxmannia gracilis" in bud.
  • "Lomandra multiflora", in bud.
  • Lady's slipper, "Hybanthus monopetalus"
  • Felt fern (not an orchid), "Pyrrosia sp.".
  • "Lomandra filiformis" with blue spider and fruit.
  • "Lomandra longifolia"
  • Seed capsule of orchid, probably the Wallum Sun Orchid, "Thelymitra purpurata". We had to wait another year to confirm these flowers in the Powerlines area near Wooli.
  • "Stackhousia, viminea or nuda". Some basic botany, the term inflorescence is used to describe an arrangement of flowers on a specialized stem. Where individual flowers are stalkless they are called, sessile as here. According to Barry's notes, "There are two kinds of inflorescence, a 'raceme' where a steadily growing tip produces flowers laterally along eh way...and a 'cyme' where each flower terminates at a growing tip, so the next bud must start from below the previous flower in a sort of 'zig zag'....The main stem of an inflorescence is called a peduncle...". Here is an example of a spike, which is a raceme with sessile flowers. The "Stackhousia sp." are unusual in our experience and here is my only image.
  • Tick Bush, "Ozothamnus diosmifolius", also called the Sago Flower. Upright shrub.
  • Donkey Orchid
  • "Melaleuca pachyphylla" = "Calistemon pachyphyllus". Wallum Bottlebrush. Appears in either red or green form, with no intermediate colours.
  • Wallum bottlebrush, "Callistemon pachyphyllus". Red flower form. Note thick leaves.
  • Coastal paperbark, " Melaleuca quinquenervia", also known as the Broad-leaved Paperbark. A common coastal tree, one of my favourite. It prefers wet feet, and fresh water, whereas the Swamp Sheoke will tolerate brackish conditions. Flowers late summer to autumn.
  • Yellow buttons, "Chrysocephalum apiculatun", this is not. Barry Kemp has identified this as the long lost (we have been searching for it for ages) "Rutidosis heterogamma", and comments that "... the flower heads are larger, flatter, and single compared to 'Chrysocephalum'." Yippee. See also later in the gallery, it was found again in spring on the Digger's Roadside.
  • "Hakea laevipes", the Finger Hakea. Note dense cluster of flowers, and elongate leaf with pointed tip. "Hakea sp." are seen further along in the gallery. Barry notes "This was a split-off from "Hakea dactylides" and the Flora (of NSW) uses features like hairs on the branches and whether they re-sprout after fire. We can use a geographic feature and say dactyloides is not now meant to grow on the North Coast...".
  • "Hakea sp. ? florulenta", Sweet-scented Hakea.
  • Milkmaids, " Burchardia umbellata"; spring flower, tuberous root and common in heathland. Note central ovary which is pink in colour.
  • Cycad, probably "Macrozamia fawcetti".
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