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Ricinocarpos bowmanii

1 Western Wedding Bush at Adelong, NSW

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Identification history

Ricinocarpos bowmanii	9 Sep 2023	MichaelMulvaney
Ricinocarpos bowmanii	9 Sep 2023	natureguy
Unidentified	8 Sep 2023	JaneR

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Significant sighting

Tapirlord noted:

9 Sep 2023

First sighting on CNM, and evidently a disjunct population as well.

User's notes

frequent in understorey of Callitris woodland, on steep hillside beside creek. Flower colour ranges from pale pink to bright pink. Possibly introduced Unable to ID this

4 comments

Tapirlord wrote:

9 Sep 2023

Pretty sure this is the native Ricinocarpos bowmanii (western wedding bush).

JaneR wrote:

9 Sep 2023

Genus and species are completely new to me - so that's a bit exciting !
These flowers don't resemble web photos of Ricinocarpos bowmanii very well, except for one land-care group which alos remarks "Noted in Lower Adelong subcatchment in the Adelong Falls vicinity" which is exactly where my observations were made.

JaneR wrote:

9 Sep 2023

Ricinocarpus bowmanii is not on local list and not on global list - what happens now ?

natureguy wrote:

9 Sep 2023

I've added the species here. I do agree with this suggestion, there seems to be a fair few records in this general area. In regards to your research Jane, I'm almost wondering if the population in this area could be slightly different than the main population/s further north? Seems to be a bit disjunct from the main range of the species, and I do tend to agree it does look a bit different... Maybe more research/specimen collection required?

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