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LAGENOPHORA STIPITATA Asteraceae Blue bottledaisy Lagena bottle; photos bearing; stipitata stalked (stalked seeds) Small delicate daisy of grasslands and forests, sometimes forming colonies in shady situations. Leaves 4-5 pointed lobes, soft hairy, in basal rosettes. Flower stems hairy, usually 15cm, bearing single mauve or bluish daisy flower, barely 1cm across. Flowering in early summer - November/December. |
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Two other species are: L. huegelii Coarse bottledaisy named after Austrian plant collector Baron Carl von Huegel. Has smaller flowers, about 5mm across and leaves with only 6-9 lobes. Occurs in dry forests. L. gracilis Slender bottledaisy which has a virtually hairless, fine flower stem. |
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LEPTORHYNCHOS SQUAMATUS
Asteraceae subsp. squamatus Scaly Buttons Perennial herbaceous daisy with solitary yellow flower heads on wiry stems to 20cm tall. Basal leaves narrow-lanceolate to 5cm long (often not developed), stem leaves alternate,narrow- lanceolate, entire, to 3cm long, bluish-green, white tomentose (hairy) below, rather crowded on lower stem, reduced to bracts on the rising flower stem. Flower heads button-shaped, composed of numerous yellow tubular florets surrounded by small overlapping bracts with long marginal hairs and acute brown tips. Pappus bristles white. Flowering September-December. Common and widespread in lowland grassy places. |
Photo: J & R Coghlan |
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Subsp. Alpinus (Alpine Scaly
Buttons) occurs in similar habitats in highland areas. TAS, VIC, NSW, QLD, SA. Information courtesy of the Launceston Field Naturalists Club. |
LOBELIA GIBBOSA Lobeliaceae Tall Lobelia or False Orchid 
Photo: J & R Coghlan |
Description: Erect herb to 65 cm high, glabrous; stems often reddish. Leaves few, linear to narrow-lanceolate, rarely narrow-elliptic, 1–7 cm long, 1–3.5 mm wide, margins entire; ± sessile. Inflorescence raceme-like, 1-sided; pedicels usually 2–20 mm long. Calyx lobes 2–5 mm long. Corolla 2-lipped, 10–20 mm long, pale blue to deep violet, throat ± pilose; lower median lobe longest, 4.5–11 mm long; 2 upper lobes scarcely as long as tube, recurved. All anthers with a dense brush of apical hairs. Capsule obliquely obovoid, swollen on upper side, 5–12 mm long. Seeds brown, irregularly angular, surface reticulate. Flowering: Oct.–Mar. Grows chiefly in woodland and dry sclerophyll forest on sandy soils; widespread, from sea level to subalpine areas. NSW Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A. N.T. (Information NSW Flora Online) |
