Craspedia variabilis
Common Billy Buttons at Sutton, NSW
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| Craspedia variabilis | Tapirlord | 9 Nov 2022 | |
| Craspedia paludicola | Tapirlord | 4 Nov 2022 | |
| Craspedia variabilis | AndyRoo | 4 Nov 2022 |
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4 comments
9 Nov 2022
Thanks. I initially thought it was more like C. variabilis because of what look like like to me are the pale to olive-green, broadly pointed hairy basal leaves. Just wondering how you can tell it is C. paludicola?
9 Nov 2022
Plant proportions, i'm guessing this plant was around 50cm tall and had leaves less than 15cm long. This would make it C.variabilis, which is signficantly more common on the tablelands. I was hesitant intially as I was still waiting on advice for how to ID the two.
9 Nov 2022
Thanks. Yes plant height would have come up to just under my knee i.e. ~50cm as you guessed.
9 Nov 2022
Fantastic, C.paludicola is a much larger plants (great than 75cm typically), with long erect leaves (15-40cm long).
Location information
- Places Sutton, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 Abundance
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Craspedia variabilis Scientific name
- Common Billy Buttons Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1655.46m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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