Bursaria spinosa

Native Blackthorn, Sweet Bursaria at Hawker, ACT

Bursaria spinosa at Hawker, ACT - 20 Sep 2022
Bursaria spinosa at Hawker, ACT - 20 Sep 2022
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Identification history

Bursaria spinosa 22 Sep 2022 Tapirlord
Unidentified 22 Sep 2022 sangio7

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Is this something exotic or just a sick looking Bursaria spinosa?

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Tapirlord wrote:
   22 Sep 2022
Looks almost like a variegated form.
sangio7 wrote:
   22 Sep 2022
Indeed. And I saw a few more like it, all small like this one, further down the slope (a slope that has dense cover of big healthy Bursaria spinosa). Certainly puzzling.

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  • 20 Sep 2022 09:33 AM Recorded on
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