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Rhamnaceae Wildflowers in Foxes Lair

8/7/2020

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Greetings fellow Foxies,
July is the time that species of the Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn) family first flower in Foxes Lair. Like many of the June-July flowering wildflowers here, the flowers are tiny (about 3mm) and insignificant if you don’t have a lens or macro camera to see their delicate form.
Cryptandra nutans, the first to flower is a little shrub about 30cm high on the gravelly Banksia Walk trail.
The name Cryptandra (Latin – hiding man) refers to the anthers that are cloaked by a hood on the petals
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Trymalium ledifolium var. ledifolium flowers
Trymalium ledifolium occurs as a number of varieties in the district. Trymalium comes from Greek for "the eye of a needle", which refers to the three slits at the summit of the fruit when it opens. Variety ledifolium is a medium sized shrub with soft green leaves that can form clusters on rocky red loams and granitic sandy soils near the claypit. Flowering starts in mid-July with sprays of minuscule pale-yellow flowers and dark green foliage in August.

​Variety rosemarinifolium is more common on drier sites. It can be easily seen by its generally paler colour and felt-surfaced growth and flowers.
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Backlit var ledifolium flowering bushes
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Backlit var rosemarinifolium flowering bush
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var rosemarinifolium flowers
Waxy cryptandra ​Cryptandra arbutifolia is uncommon on granitic sandy soils in Foxes Lair. It flowers in September-October when it is dwarfed by the mass of other wildflowers at this time.
The tiny flowers are exquisite, particularly with the sun behind them.
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Closed flowers after fertilisation
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Exquisite white flowers
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Hidden flowers
1 Comment
Carol Robertson
8/7/2020 03:56:37 pm

Thanks very much Doug.
You are a wealth of knowledge.

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