Bulbine glauca at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park

Rock Lily at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park

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Identification history

	Bulbine glauca	23 May 2015	MichaelMulvaney
	Bulbine glauca	7 May 2015	galah681

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planted at STEP

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 May 2015

Could you take a closeup of the anthers please. This is needed to make sure it is not Bulbine bulbosa.

galah681 wrote:

8 May 2015

I have added a closeup - hope this is sufficient. What is the difference in the anthers? The plant was supposed to be a bulbine glauca and planted as such.

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 May 2015

Bulbine bulbosa has basifixed anthers which are attached at the base and sticking up straight. Bulbine glauca has dorsifixed anthers which are attached in the middle of the back of the anther. See http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&glossary=yes&term=basifixed&ill=Fig.+20+B for diagrams. Even the second photo does not actually show the anthers, only the hairs on the filaments of the stamens.

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