Petrorhagia nanteuilii

Proliferous Pink, Childling Pink at Wanniassa, ACT

Petrorhagia nanteuilii at Wanniassa, ACT - 17 Dec 2014
Petrorhagia nanteuilii at Wanniassa, ACT - 17 Dec 2014
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Petrorhagia nanteuilii 23 Jan 2015 galah681
Petrorhagia nanteuilii 23 Jan 2015 BettyDonWood
Verbena bonariensis 22 Jan 2015 galah681

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4 comments

julielindner wrote:
   23 Jan 2015
Looks like Petrorhagia nanteuilii to me
galah681 wrote:
   23 Jan 2015
I think Petrohagia nanteulii only has one flower in each flower head and this plant had several.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   24 Jan 2015
When Petrorhagia nanteuilli is young, it looks as if it has only one flower in the head. As the flower head ages and the initial flowers in the head fade, the brown bracts open up while the head is still producing ne flowers. that is why the common names are Proliferous Pink or Childling Pink.
galah681 wrote:
   24 Jan 2015
Thanks, very useful. I think I had only seen the young flowers (as shown in the second photo that I have added) and did not recognise that the flower head changed as it aged.

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  • 17 Dec 2014 09:09 AM Recorded on
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