Enchylaena tomentosa
3 Ruby Saltbush at Mount Painter
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| Enchylaena tomentosa | Tapirlord | 15 Apr 2024 | |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | abread111 | 13 Apr 2024 | |
| Unverified | SarahHnatiuk | 10 Apr 2024 |
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Hard to see how many, one big mat of plant
8 comments
11 Apr 2024
I suppose someone (one of the plant moderators) will put it on for you, Sarah. Well spotted! Its not on the ACT Census so get a sample of it and press it for the National Herbarium.
15 Apr 2024
Not local to our area, so I imagine a planting. Not sure this would be suitable for a herbarium specimen.
15 Apr 2024
Do you think this has been planted, Sarah? It is species which is available to gardeners. Several subspecies occur widely everywhere else except around here, according to ALA.
15 Apr 2024
Highly likely that this is a planting, or, slightly less likely, a naturalized, self-seeded etc. individual from a number of possible sources.
15 Apr 2024
The plant is growing on a rather rocky patch of ground beneath Tasmanian Blue Gums along the easement behind the houses on the boundary of Cook. The location is 1-2m from a dirt road used by vehicles, a cavaletti and a path used by walkers. I can't imagine anyone planting it there; no one plants anything anywhere else along this easement. I imagine it has grown from seed dropped by a bird (or a horse?)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066522-35.267489
- Altitude 688.0m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2024 12:33 PM Recorded on
- SarahHnatiuk Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
- No In flower
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Species information
- Enchylaena tomentosa Scientific name
- Ruby Saltbush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 3.78m to 688m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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