Thread: Post your native flora shots

Hakea francisiana (Bottlebrush Hakea) taken on the Sturts Track, Gawler Ranges National Park, SA (19 Oct 2011)



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KarlB

here are a few of mine,


I finally found some Sturt's Desert Peas whilst riding through Arkaroola.


Playing around with my new lens, all shots hand-held at f2.8. Taken with a Sigma SD14 and Leica APO Elmarit 100/2.8


Playing around with my new lens, all shots hand-held at f2.8. Taken with a Sigma SD14 and Leica APO Elmarit 100/2.8


Some backlit flowers from the Rhododendron gardens Olinda Victoria

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Steve

Originally Posted by KarlB

Correct about it being a Shrimp Plant but scientific name is Justicia brandegeeana. Also known as Mexican Shrimp Plant. See Justicia brandegeeana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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KarlB

Going by this source Shrimp Plant, Pachystachys Lutea, Plants, Tropical Rainforest Plants

"The Pink version of this flower is known as pachystachys Lutea and the yellow version is known as Justicia Brandegeana."

Then again I am not a botanist so will not argue the point beyond checking and crediting my source of information for the botanical name. The shrimp bit is still due to my encyclopedia on legs.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

Going by this source Shrimp Plant, Pachystachys Lutea, Plants, Tropical Rainforest Plants

"The Pink version of this flower is known as pachystachys Lutea and the yellow version is known as Justicia Brandegeana."

Then again I am not a botanist so will not argue the point beyond checking and crediting my source of information for the botanical name. The shrimp bit is still due to my encyclopedia on legs.

Do a Google search and you will see that they have them the wrong way around. Lutea is a Latin word meaning yellow. Part of the problem here is the use of common names. Both plants are in the same family Acanthaceae (or Acanthus family) but from different genera within the Acanthus family. The yellow Pachystachys lutea is commonly called Golden Shrimp Plant. None of this is a big deal. See [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachystachys_lutea"]Pachystachys lutea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

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KarlB

Originally Posted by KarlB

Do a Google search and you will see that they have them the wrong way around. Lutea is a Latin word meaning yellow. Part of the problem here is the use of common names. Both plants are in the same family Acanthaceae (or Acanthus family) but from different genera within the Acanthus family. The yellow Pachystachys lutea is commonly called Golden Shrimp Plant. None of this is a big deal. See Pachystachys lutea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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KarlB

Check. Lutea = Yellow.

Thanks Sir Joseph Karl Banks. So that is what the "B" is for

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Not native but certainly growing in the wild:



Any guesses as to what it is?

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KarlB

is it a cirsium thistle,



Scotch Thistle or is that a Onopordum acanthium



They look similar to me.

Some from recent trips.