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	Insufficient or inconclusive evidence	20 Sep 2015	MichaelMulvaney
	Acianthus exsertus	9 Sep 2015	MattM

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Found on the moist, southern slopes of Black Mountain. About 3 colonies/groups found on the same slope, each with approximately 100 leaves.

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TonyWood wrote:

10 Sep 2015

Interesting, and it may well be A. exsertus, but difficult to tell just from photos of the leaves. A. exsertus is certainly found on the southern slopes of Black Mountain, but flowers in Autumn. A. collinus, the other known species in the ACT and a lot less common, is just finishing flowering. So its interesting that one of your photos appears to show a developing (?aborting) flower stem.

MattM wrote:

10 Sep 2015

I really don't know what was happening. There were a few with stemlets, but the majority were just leaves with no other distinguishing features. All I could deduce was the genus.

AaronClausen wrote:

10 Sep 2015

Good find Matt, yes that "bud" looks like an old aborted one to me.

MattM wrote:

10 Sep 2015

Now I just need to remember them when they are supposed to flower. Perhaps a "Nature Alarm" app...

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101 - 1,000 Abundance
9 Sep 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
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