Craspedia sp.
1 Billy Buttons at Tennent, ACT
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| Craspedia sp. | Tapirlord | 25 Jan 2023 | |
| Craspedia variabilis | Tapirlord | 23 Jan 2023 | |
| Craspedia aurantia var. aurantia | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Jan 2023 | |
| Craspedia aurantia var. aurantia | natureguy | 15 Jan 2023 | |
| Craspedia sp. | NedJohnston | 15 Jan 2023 |
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User's notes
Smaller than surrounding variabilis and distinctively orange. Growing in a bog.
7 comments
23 Jan 2023
This is very low for C.aurantia which belongs to a group of flora endemic to the subalps & main range not motane bogs. the flower head not being hemispherical plus the acute-tipped leaves make me think this is more likely a particularly dark c.variabilis. compare the the colour of the flower to Craspedia aurantia var. aurantia (Orange Billy Buttons) (true c.aurantia from the main range), & Craspedia sp. (Billy Buttons) (my third photo, which is again quite dark, but not c.aurantia).
23 Jan 2023
The first link, there seem to be some errors with inserting links into comment.
24 Jan 2023
Thanks Ciaran, I presume you are probably right given your expertise but it looked quite different from Ned's other sighting of variabilis nearby or any others I've seen for that matter and when I ran it through the key it came out better for aurantia for me though in hindsight it doesn't quite look right either, I am not 100% convinced on variabilis
25 Jan 2023
I'm going to go with Craspedia species & remove the significance listing, I think its likely to be C.variabilis but it's difficult to be sure. Given that C.aurantia is locally rare I think it is wise to be cautious particularly as this would be close to the altitudinal limit for that taxa.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Species information
- Craspedia sp. Scientific name
- Billy Buttons Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1735m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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