Small-leaved Beard Heath at Farrer, ACT
Identification history
| Styphelia attenuata | 20 Jun 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Styphelia attenuata | 19 Jun 2016 | Mike |
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4 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
20 Jun 2016
It is not Leucopogon attenuatus, which has flowers along the stems, not at the ends of the branchlets. It is more likely to be Leucopogon Microphyllus var. pilibundus, which is erect or compact, and has flowers in clusters or narrow spikes at the ends of the branchlets, than Leucopogon virgatus, in general, is straggly. However, I really need to have a closeup of the leaves to tell them apart properly. See Rosemary Purdie's analysis of how to tell these three species apart in the ACT. http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1946630
Mike
wrote:
20 Jun 2016
Photo added. It shows the leaves with small tip points as in Cosgrove Photographic Guide for L. attenuatus.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
21 Jun 2016
The new photo shows the flowers going down the stems, and as you noted the sharp tips that are not recurved. Julie, if you re not happy with this, feel free to undo it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.115613-35.381185
- Altitude 720.0m
- Maps Farrer Ridge
- Places Farrer, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 18 Jun 2016 02:24 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Other Shrubs
Additional information
- True In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Styphelia attenuata Scientific name
- Small-leaved Beard Heath Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1451.39m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Leucopogon attenuatus
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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