Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus)

Bears Ears at Canberra Central, ACT

Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus) at Canberra Central, ACT - 5 Sep 2014
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Cymbonotus sp. (preissianus or lawsonianus) 10 Oct 2017 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 5 Sep 2014 AaronClausen

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5 comments

waltraud wrote:
   10 Oct 2017
I wonder how to id the species from the photo? the other species that occurs in the ACT according to the 2017 census is Cymbonotus preissianus. The 2 species look similar to me ...
BettyDonWood wrote:
   11 Oct 2017
The only way to tell lawsoniaus from preissianus is by a good macro photo of the seed. They cannot be told apart from a photo of a flowering plant. I am doing this on my iPad, and can only copy one thing at a time, so will have to make two more comments.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   11 Oct 2017
Cymbonotus lawsonianus seeds: http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/phtml?pc=dig&pn=30603&size=3
BettyDonWood wrote:
   11 Oct 2017
Cymbonotus preissianus seeds: http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/phtml?pc=dig&pn=30605&size=3
waltraud wrote:
   11 Oct 2017
thanks for the info Betty; I was afraid that a photo of a flower doesn't help with id.

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