Wahlenbergia sp.

Bluebell at Bungendore, NSW

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Identification history

Wahlenbergia sp.	5 Jan 2023	MichaelMulvaney
Wahlenbergia multicaulis	7 Dec 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Wahlenbergia capillaris	4 Dec 2022	Tapirlord
Wahlenbergia sp.	3 Dec 2022	clarehoneydove

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9 comments

Tapirlord wrote:

4 Dec 2022

You've got all the right things, it should be easy...... and yet.

clarehoneydove wrote:

5 Dec 2022

Haha!! This one has such tiny flowers and so many stems!!

clarehoneydove wrote:

5 Dec 2022

Oh wait was that a dig at me not being able to identify it myself? I promise I do try!!

Tapirlord wrote:

5 Dec 2022

Oh sorry Clare, that wasn’t at all what I was trying to get at. Rather you’ve got a great set of photos for an ID, but I’ve still had pretty limited luck trying to key this out.

clarehoneydove wrote:

5 Dec 2022

No need to apologise! Sometimes I feel bad posting so many photos and even when I look through every page of the species I cant i.d. I know its a lot of work for you guys and I appreciate it!

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

7 Dec 2022

The floral tube appears tiny and that is the key feature for me. The opposite leaves are high on teh plant which makes me a bit unsure but that does happen

natureguy wrote:

4 Jan 2023

I ended up at W. capillaris after using both VicFlora and Plantnet keys too. When taking into Michael's comment about the floral tube being too small, I tried selecting the option for smaller flower which would take me to W. gracilis in both keys again. It's hard to visually estimate if the corolla lobe is 0.5-6mm long or 6-20mm or how long the tube is either which appear to be the distinguishing features.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 Jan 2023

Thanks Luke - lets take it back to the original suggestion

Tapirlord wrote:

6 Jan 2023

I reckon that's a good call, W.gracilis is perhaps worth considering.

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