Hypoxis hygrometrica var. villosisepala

Golden Weather-grass at Isaacs, ACT

Hypoxis hygrometrica var. villosisepala at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Nov 2017
Hypoxis hygrometrica var. villosisepala at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Nov 2017
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Hypoxis hygrometrica var. villosisepala 30 Nov 2017 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 29 Nov 2017 Mike

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3 comments

   30 Nov 2017
Possibly Hypoxis hygrometrica. Do you have a shot of the leaves?
BettyDonWood wrote:
   30 Nov 2017
The anther shape suggests this is subsp. villosisepala. However the outside of the sepal in the second photo does not look hairy. You have got out of the habit of photographing the whole plant and the leaves, which are often important diagnostics. Subsp. villosisepala usually has paired flowers.
Mike wrote:
   30 Nov 2017
These photos were to record plants continuing to flower here in spit of the dry conditions. Paired flowers and 'sparsely hairy' sepals. Previously identified as villosisepala which is more common than previously thought.

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  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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