Patersonia fragilis
Short Purple Flag at Budawang, NSW
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| Patersonia fragilis | RWPurdie | 8 Jan 2026 | |
| Patersonia (genus) | MatthewFrawley | 28 Dec 2025 |
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Smaller than Patersonia sericea var. sericea that I've seen at lower elevations near the Shoalhaven River west of Braidwood
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8 Jan 2026
There's a Patersonia fragilis specimen in the Australian National Herbarium collected from the same location. One of its features is the absence of hairs on the spathes (which seems to match your first photo).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.995584-35.480180
- Altitude 1154.0m
- Places Budawang, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 27 Dec 2025 01:08 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- 12mm to 25mm Flower size
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Patersonia fragilis Scientific name
- Short Purple Flag Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1154m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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