Dusky Scurf-pea at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Cullen microcephalum | 9 Dec 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cullen microcephalum | 9 Dec 2020 | abread111 | ||
| Cullen sp. | 7 Dec 2020 | abread111 |
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very windy - difficult to photograph
4 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Dec 2020
The sparseness of the leaf spacing and the thiner shape of the leaflets suggests Cullen tenax (currently on the ACT rare plant list) but at least some of the leaflets should be arranged in fives while all those in the photo seem to be in threes (which suggests Cullen micocephalum). Did you see any five leaflet leaves?
waltraud
wrote:
8 Dec 2020
B and M
I think this is C. microcephalum ... I found C. microcephalum on Mt Majura's northwest slope; the photos I took on 1 Dec 2009 show plants which look very much like above; see photos of leaves and flowers here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/181729955@N04/with/50692599108/ ; sorry, my camera doesn't have GPS so no coordinates...
C. tenax looks different; see photos which I took in the reserve east of Hackett in a seapage area in Feb 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/albums/72157632832658499
I think this is C. microcephalum ... I found C. microcephalum on Mt Majura's northwest slope; the photos I took on 1 Dec 2009 show plants which look very much like above; see photos of leaves and flowers here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/181729955@N04/with/50692599108/ ; sorry, my camera doesn't have GPS so no coordinates...
C. tenax looks different; see photos which I took in the reserve east of Hackett in a seapage area in Feb 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/albums/72157632832658499
abread111
wrote:
9 Dec 2020
I did go back and look again and found several plants in the vicinity, all with all leaflets in threes.
Does not look like the tenax in Waltraud's flickr photos. I'll edit the sighting and include a clearer photo or two.
Does not look like the tenax in Waltraud's flickr photos. I'll edit the sighting and include a clearer photo or two.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.171258-35.227594
- Altitude 638.1m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Cullen microcephalum Scientific name
- Dusky Scurf-pea Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1523.5m Recorded at altitude
- 203 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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