Craspedia variabilis (Billy button) at Mount Painter

Billy button at Mount Painter

Craspedia variabilis at Mount Painter - 15 Sep 2018

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Identification history

Craspedia variabilis	18 Sep 2018	BettyDonWood
Craspedia variabilis	18 Sep 2018	CathB

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Author's notes

Area burned in March 2018.

1 comment

BettyDonWood wrote:

18 Sep 2018

The mature flower heads look too pale and too flat for variabilis. However the other possibilities are subalpine to alpine, or a lot farther west. The key character that distinguishes varibilis is the broad bract with broad membranous margins, which I can see when I blow one of the photos up. I suspect thses flower heads are immature.

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Location information

Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Species information

Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
True In flower
10cm to 30cm Plant height
15 Sep 2018 Recorded on
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