Bulbine glauca
Rock Lily at Mount Taylor
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| Bulbine glauca | MichaelBedingfield | 8 Oct 2017 | |
| Bulbine sp. | BettyDonWood | 8 Oct 2017 |
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6 comments
8 Oct 2017
The stamens in the middle of the flower are not clear enough to decide whether this is Bulbine bulbosa or Bulbine glauca. A photo of the leaf might have helped in making the decision.
8 Oct 2017
Seeing the robustness of this flowerhead, the rocky terrain and the rocks in the background, this one has to be B. glauca.
8 Oct 2017
I would incline to Bulbine bulbosa. The main flower stalk is not bluish. The petal size in bulbosa is 9-22 mm, and in glauca is 9-17 mm, so I am not sure what you mean by 'robust' particularly as no measurement of flower size is given. I cannot tell from the blurred background whether itnis rocks or dirt.
9 Oct 2017
The background looks very much like the surface of a boulder. By robust I mean the large number of flowers/buds.
9 Oct 2017
To roymcd. What was rhe background of the photo - rock or dirt? Were the surfaces of the flower stalk and keaves waxy ir not?
Bulbine bulbosa has up to 50 flowers per cluster, glauca up to 75. This character is not a good one to make an ID on. Stamen characteristics and leaf and stem colour and waxiness are.
Bulbine bulbosa has up to 50 flowers per cluster, glauca up to 75. This character is not a good one to make an ID on. Stamen characteristics and leaf and stem colour and waxiness are.
9 Oct 2017
Thanks Betty and Michaelb. The background is a rock and the terrain was rocky. Sorry I'll think more about taking shots of the leaves etc next time. Cheers, Roy :-)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074208-35.369662
- Maps Mount Taylor
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 7 Oct 2017 04:46 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Bulbine glauca Scientific name
- Rock Lily Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1538.44m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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