Cullen tenax

2 Tough Scurf-Pea at Watson, ACT

Cullen tenax at Watson, ACT - 11 Jan 2022 07:44 PM
Cullen tenax at Watson, ACT - 11 Jan 2022 07:44 PM
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Cullen tenax 12 Jan 2022 waltraud

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Sprawling plants in grassy woodland with a large diversity of native herbs (wildflowers, ferns, sedges, grasses) including threatened species. The measure [plant height] refers to the width rather than height. Leaves with 4-5 leaflets.

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MPW wrote:
   12 Jan 2022
Thanks to our Intrepid Fomm member LIESE who spotted this group of purple beauties while removing St John's Wort from this area 😊

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  • Flower spike around 4 cm. Flower dimension
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Cullen tenax Scientific name
  • Tough Scurf-Pea Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1075m Recorded at altitude
  • 127 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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