Styphelia fletcheri subsp. brevisepala

Twin Flower Beard-Heath at Farrer, ACT

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Identification history

	Styphelia fletcheri subsp. brevisepala	26 Sep 2017	BettyDonWood
	Styphelia fletcheri subsp. brevisepala	24 Sep 2017	galah681

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interesting red banding on some, but not all of flower buds.Sorry about the picture quality, the wind was very strong

5 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

25 Sep 2017

I suppose it has to be. I have never seen it with flowers with a reddish stripe before.

Varanus wrote:

25 Sep 2017

Could it be Lissanthe strigosa subsp. subulata? The photo is somewhat blurry but cannot see any hairs on the flowers.

BettyDonWood wrote:

25 Sep 2017

Possibly. Though the flowers appear to be evenly paired and all hanging down, which strongly suggests Leucopogon fletcheri.

galah681 wrote:

27 Sep 2017

I have taken more photos which are a bit clearer. There was only the one plant and the red colouring was only on flowers on one side of the bush. Maybe there is something unusual in the soil or the dry weather has caused the effect or else it is just a 'sport'

julielindner wrote:

3 Oct 2017

Nice find it is very unusual. It was hard to investigate as I didn't have gloves on but there are appears to be three separate shrubs the middle one with the red tips and two white ones either side.very close together.

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