Euphorbia characias

Mediterranean Spurge at Lyneham, ACT

Euphorbia characias at Lyneham, ACT - 14 Oct 2020
Euphorbia characias at Lyneham, ACT - 14 Oct 2020
Euphorbia characias at Lyneham, ACT - 14 Oct 2020
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Euphorbia characias 8 Feb 2021 Tapirlord
Euphorbia Characias 26 Oct 2020 trevorpreston
Euphorbia sp. 14 Oct 2020 trevorpreston

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Tapirlord wrote:
   8 Feb 2021
An ornamental garden shrub doesn't seem to naturalise all that well. This is the first documented occurrence of it naturalised in ACT and only the 40th for Australia according to ALA. Likely Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii, but I'll leave it at Species-level for now :).

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Hirundo neoxena (Welcome Swallow) at Lyneham, ACT - 17 Feb 2021 by Tapirlord
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Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant) at Lyneham, ACT - 21 Jan 2021 by tpreston
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium (Halictid bee) at Lyneham, ACT - 8 Dec 2020 by tpreston

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