Craspedia aurantia var. jamesii
Large Alpine Buttons at Cotter River, ACT
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| Craspedia aurantia var. jamesii | MichaelMulvaney | 31 Oct 2015 | |
| Craspedia aurantia var. jamesii | BettyDonWood | 30 Oct 2015 | |
| Craspedia variabilis | KenT | 25 Oct 2015 |
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4 comments
28 Oct 2015
I am inclined to think this is Craspedia jamesii. However, I am sure that you looked at the bracts described in PlantNET. Could you confirm that you have done so and you do not believe it is C. jamesii?
28 Oct 2015
I have added an extra image but I don't think it helps. I tried to get a photo from underneath but light levels and wind gusts were against me so the resultant images were useless. I wasn't familiar enough with Craspedia jamesii and memory failed me when it came to the importance of the bract shape. But I don't recall it looking like the image I saw in the PlantNET photo. However, I hope to get back to this area later this week or after the next lot of rain as there was much in flower still to photograph I will try to get the necessary image then.
31 Oct 2015
I have decided it is probably Craspedia jamesii on the basis that the flower head appears to be hemispherical rather than globular, the stem leaves are stem clasping, and the general bracts of the flower head appear to be 'narrow-ovate with narrow scarious margins' rather than broad-ovate with broad scarious margins' to quote PlantNET.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- KenT Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Craspedia aurantia var. jamesii Scientific name
- Large Alpine Buttons Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1882.68m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Craspedia jamesii
Seasonal activity
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In flower
JFMAMJJASOND
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