Sparaxis tricolor

Sparaxis, Harlequin Flower at Griffith, ACT

Sparaxis tricolor at Griffith, ACT - 7 Oct 2016
Sparaxis tricolor at Griffith, ACT - 7 Oct 2016
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Identification history

Sparaxis tricolor 10 Oct 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Sparaxis tricolor 10 Oct 2016 BettyDonWood
Sparaxis tricolor 10 Oct 2016 ACTBioSecurity
Unidentified 10 Oct 2016 ACTBioSecurity

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In Bass Gardens remnant grassland - spread from a nature strip and garden - in the thousands. Sparaxis tricolor Tricolour Harlequin Flower. Material taken to herbarium.

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michaelb wrote:
   13 Oct 2016
Hi Parkie. I have downloaded your original photo rotated it and added it back to be used on the Species page, see:- http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Species/21186

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Vittadinia cuneata var. cuneata (Fuzzy New Holland Daisy) at Griffith, ACT - 21 Nov 2020 by SRoss
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Tragopogon sp. (A Goatsbeard) at Griffith, ACT - 15 Nov 2020 by SRoss
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Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Griffith, ACT - 8 Apr 2020 by SRoss
Austrostipa scabra (Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass) at Griffith, ACT - 23 Mar 2020 by mcleana
Austrostipa scabra (Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass) at Griffith, ACT - 20 Mar 2020 by SRoss
Erodium cicutarium (Common Storksbill, Common Crowfoot) at Griffith, ACT - 19 Mar 2020 by SRoss
Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth) at Griffith, ACT - 23 Nov 2019 by SRoss
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  • 9 Abundance
  • 7 Oct 2016 10:22 AM Recorded on
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  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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