Wahlenbergia sp.

1 Bluebell at Deakin, ACT

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Identification history

Wahlenbergia sp.	10 Mar 2019	BettyDonWood
Wahlenbergia sp.	10 Mar 2019	BettyDonWood
Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta	10 Mar 2019	KL

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3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

11 Mar 2019

All species of Wahlenvpbergia have similar flowers when photographed head on. Some of the characters that distinguish between them, are the ratio of tube to free lobes in the flower, seen when a flower is photographed side on, the shape of the leaves and whether the leaf edges are frilly, and whether the leaves are opposite each other on the stem or not, and whether the flower stalks are branched or not.

KL wrote:

11 Mar 2019

Betty thank you, I will do this next time, regards KL

BettyDonWood wrote:

13 Mar 2019

The two commonest Wahlenbergias with the ratio of free lobes to tube in the flower as shown in the secomd photo are capillaris (previously communis) with leaves 0.5-8 mm wide and alternating up the stems, and stricta var. stricta, with leaves 1-13 mm wide and opposite each other, and often with frilly edges.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.095000 -35.327667
Altitude 601.5m
Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Deakin, ACT

Sighting information

101 Abundance
11 Mar 2019 05:32 PM Recorded on
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Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs KL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True In flower
10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

Wahlenbergia sp. Scientific name
Bluebell Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2121m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower

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