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Leucopogon juniperinus
Long Flower Beard-Heath at North Nowra, NSW
Identification history
| Leucopogon juniperinus | 15 Jul 2020 | plants | ||
| Leucopogon juniperinus | 15 Jul 2020 | plants | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Jul 2020 | MikeLeggett |
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Author's notes
You beat me to it Dr plants! Are the hairs part of the plant, or from an insect?
3 comments
plants wrote:
16 Jul 2020
The hairs inside the corolla is a feature of Leucopogon, which distinguishes it from other species in Ericaceae.
MikeLeggett wrote:
16 Jul 2020
The flowers are subject to predation by a moth (possibly Poecilasthena pulchraria) so maybe a defensive mechanism, barbed wire-like? (In passing, it must have been someone with a botanical background who named the metal tube known as the Toyota Corolla!)
plants wrote:
16 Jul 2020
The flowers still needs to be pollinated by insects so not sure about that.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.564655-34.862160
- Altitude 66.0m
- Places North Nowra, NSW
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 14 Jul 2020 11:55 AM Recorded on
- MikeLeggett Recorded by
