Eryngium ovinum
Blue Devil at Hackett, ACT
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| Eryngium ovinum | Tapirlord | 1 Jan 2021 | |
| Eryngium ovinum | Avery | 1 Jan 2021 |
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Being in a park, along a route commonly used to access the reserve, suggests that it was spread by a walker. Somebody has clearly tried to arrange some protection for it. I walked past there yesterday without seeing it.
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16 Jan 2022
Since this sighting, which has been relocated a few meters away to a 'no mow' zone, 2 additional colonies have been discovered, one of 2 happily already in a projected no mow zone, and another, near the end of the slippery dip, discovered by Chris Mobbs, to have had 9 (!!) individuals in an area c 1m square, some of them plausibly yearlings, others that must have been around considerably longer. These are being relocated. But the evidence that they can survive a certain amount of attention from the (not extremely assiduous) park mowing is perhaps interesting. Maybe there are more colonies there and in similar places!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.165486-35.253374
- Altitude 649.0m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2021 04:04 PM Recorded on
- Avery Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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Species information
- Eryngium ovinum Scientific name
- Blue Devil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 944m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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