Wahlenbergia capillaris

Tufted Bluebell at Greenway, ACT

Wahlenbergia capillaris at Greenway, ACT - 26 Feb 2017
Wahlenbergia capillaris at Greenway, ACT - 26 Feb 2017
Wahlenbergia capillaris at Greenway, ACT - 26 Feb 2017
Wahlenbergia capillaris at Greenway, ACT - 26 Feb 2017
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Identification history

Wahlenbergia capillaris 28 Feb 2017 BettyDonWood
Wahlenbergia capillaris 28 Feb 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Wahlenbergia planiflora subsp. planiflora 26 Feb 2017 SteveC

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Better photographs to help out. It grows on long stems.

2 comments

   28 Feb 2017
Thanks for the photos that include a side-on shot of the flower. It is not the suggested Wahlenbergia planiflora as the petal lobes are only 1-2 times as long as the petal tube. In planiflora the petals are at least 4 X the length of the tube. The fourth photo is an aberration of a flower caused by infection by a virus or an insect like a wasp laying eggs and then young developing in a flower bud (it should be ignored when IDing a plant).
BettyDonWood wrote:
   1 Mar 2017
You really need a photo of the way the leaves are arranged on the stem and the shape of the leaves, to be certain it is not Wahlenbergia stricta.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 26 Feb 2017 04:38 PM Recorded on
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