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Cryptandra amara

Bitter Cryptandra at Lyons, ACT

Cryptandra amara at Lyons, ACT - 5 Sep 2022
Cryptandra amara at Lyons, ACT - 5 Sep 2022
Cryptandra amara at Lyons, ACT - 5 Sep 2022
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Identification history

Cryptandra amara 10 Sep 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Cryptandra amara 10 Sep 2022 GregC

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User's notes

- Tubular white flowers on upright stems - Flower tubes open into star shape - Mass of plants

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Nearby sightings

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Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Lyons, ACT - 26 Jan 2023 by GregC Salma (genus) (A Pyralid moth) at Lyons, ACT - 24 Jan 2023 by Harrisi Indigofera adesmiifolia (Tick Indigo) at Lyons, ACT - 7 Sep 2022 by GregC Selagis aurifera (Aurifera jewel beetle) at Lyons, ACT - 8 Jan 2021 by Harrisi Hibbertia obtusifolia (Grey Guinea-flower) at Lyons, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 by John.Butcher
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Lyons, ACT - 26 Jan 2023 by GregC
Salma (genus) (A Pyralid moth) at Lyons, ACT - 24 Jan 2023 by Harrisi
Indigofera adesmiifolia (Tick Indigo) at Lyons, ACT - 7 Sep 2022 by GregC
Selagis aurifera (Aurifera jewel beetle) at Lyons, ACT - 8 Jan 2021 by Harrisi
Hibbertia obtusifolia (Grey Guinea-flower) at Lyons, ACT - 27 Oct 2020 by John.Butcher

Location information

Species information

  • Cryptandra amara Scientific name
  • Bitter Cryptandra Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 100 Abundance
  • 5 Sep 2022 04:32 PM Recorded on
  • GregC Recorded by

Additional information

  • tubular 5mm wide x 15 mm long Flower dimension
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

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