With this in mind I've been on the lookout for Austral Ladies' Tresses along the bush tracks this summer. It likes damp areas, I haven't seen it for years ... and still haven't. I haven't given up yet - we're here for another week or so. Or maybe the thought of snakes will deter me. We've already had a Tiger Snake at the house.
The heathy woodland areas are awash with shades of yellow and cream at the moment. The Woolly Everlastings, Silver Banksias, Mitchell's Wattles and Tree Everlastings are all looking very healthy and in amongst the vegetation there are gems like Dwarf Boronia, Dwarf Wire-lily, Pale Grass-lily, Jersey Cudweed and, in the damp spots, Lesser Joyweed. All have pale flowers.
Mitchell's Wattle Acacia mitchellii
Woolly Everlasting Agentipallium blandowskianum
Jersey Cudweed Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
Lesser Joyweed Alternanthera denticulata
Pale Grass-lily Caesia parviflora var. parviflora
1 comment:
Wear your Wellies when searching for Ladies Tresses - good protection against Snakes.
lovely photos of what the botanists refer to as the "lesser order plants".
Not often enough presented so well as those.
Nice work.
Denis
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