Stylidium graminifolium
grass triggerplant at Aranda, ACT
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| Stylidium graminifolium | Tapirlord | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Stylidium (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Unverified | Bubbles | 15 Oct 2024 |
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I've seen a few colonies of these in wet/sheltered area around the gulleys on Black Mountain. Would love help with an ID please.
3 comments
15 Oct 2024
The budding plant in the first two photographs here looks likely : *Stylidium* (genus) eg. perhaps *Stylidium graminifolium* subject to more information when the buds grow into flowers, of course ?
Perhaps something else ?
The third photograph here, IMHO and 35 years experience certainly identifies to the sun orchids' genus *Thelymitra* – we have to wait until the flowers grow out and open to identify which of many possible species of the sun orchids *Thelymitra* .
Perhaps something else ?
The third photograph here, IMHO and 35 years experience certainly identifies to the sun orchids' genus *Thelymitra* – we have to wait until the flowers grow out and open to identify which of many possible species of the sun orchids *Thelymitra* .
16 Oct 2024
Hi Bubbles, please remove the third photo and put it in as a separate sighting, Thelymitra sp.
16 Oct 2024
Oops apologies - that's what I get for uploading from my phone! Yes, lots of Thelymitra in the area too :).
Thanks Jason for your tips. Will go back and visit over the coming weeks to see what blooms
Thanks Jason for your tips. Will go back and visit over the coming weeks to see what blooms
Location information
- Coordinates 149.091656-35.270822
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 15 Oct 2024 05:50 PM Recorded on
- Bubbles Recorded by
Collections
- Bubbles Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Stylidium graminifolium Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Species information
- Stylidium graminifolium Scientific name
- grass triggerplant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1434.7m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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5 / 7
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