Annual Yellowtop, Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2004
Flowering Annual Yellowtop in the red sand of Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve in the Red Centre, Northern Territory, Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2004
Senecio minimus or Shrubby Fireweed (so called because of the Fireweeds’ regenerative capacities after fire or land use change disturbances) is the habitat of these grubs; nothing eats it but them and they eat nothing but it, apparently. this is the first year since these Senecios have been enabled regenerate here that the grubs have appeared.
Senecio minimus gets the Tangenong Award for most eaten plant in November ! the Senecio minimus caterpillar gets the award for most prolific grub over the month of November ! : )
carline thistle
one of two harlequin types that i’ve noticed emerge, browse, mate on rough fireweed in Sth. Frankston : )
one of two harlequin types that i’ve noticed emerge, browse, mate on rough fireweed in Sth. Frankston : )
These silvery-grey young leaves of Senecio Brachyglottis Greyi “Sunshine” will become darker later, but their shape will give structural interest throughout the year. There will also be large clusters of bright yellow flower heads in early to mid-summer, making it a valuable plant in the cottage garden.
A smooth plant with yellow daisy-like flower heads in flat-topped clustrers. Flowers: Head 3/4” (2cm) wide; rays 8-12. Leaves: Basal leaves 1/2-6” (1.5- 15cm) long, heart-shapped, long-stalked, with rounded teeth; upper leaves 1 31/2 (2.5- 9cm) long, pinnately lobed. Height: 1-2’ (30-60cm) Flowering: April- July Habitat: Wet meadows, swamps, and moist woods. Range: Manitobia east to Newfoundland, south to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Missouri and Minnesota. This plant found in a quiet little inlet on the rocky-sandy shorleine off of The Bruce Peninsula, Georgian Bay, Tobermory Ontario Canada- July 2nd 2009 Info: National Audubon Society – Field Guide To Wildflowers- Eastern Region- North America.
This is on the hill behind the Mount Connor look out. There was no grass, but scattered flowering plants, and red red soil. The nearest thing to grass is spinifex the sharpest pointiest thing yoy can bump into but there is none in this photo. Taken with Pentax Z1p camera and Sigma 28 – 80 mm zoom lens on Kodachrome 200 film.
variable groundsel, yanac, victoria, sept09
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