Stackhousia subterranea

grassland candles at Epping, VIC

Stackhousia subterranea at Epping, VIC - 26 Aug 2007
Stackhousia subterranea at Epping, VIC - 26 Aug 2007
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Stackhousia subterranea 18 Oct 2024 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Stackhousia subterranea 18 Oct 2024 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Stackhousia monogyna 6 Mar 2024 Tapirlord
Unidentified 6 Mar 2024 WendyEM

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galgi gnarrk (Graigieburn Grassland Nature Conservation Reserve) lily growing along cracks in tessellated pavement in basalt

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   18 Oct 2024
*Stackhousia subterranea* – this looks like !
Thickened leaves.
Apparently in these two photographs, these growing stalks have underground joins by rhizomes.
In these two photographs, on these buds, I can just make out some saccate lower bracts at the bases of the most grown flowers' buds .

Quotation from Barker (2007):
"
*S. subterranea* differs from *S. monogyna*
s.str. by its horizontal roots deep in the soil, from which
clonal aerial stems or clusters of stems arise (Barker
1986, 1999), its thick rather fleshy leaves, its bracts
outwardly saccate in the basal half or two-thirds (Barker
1977, fig. 1A), ...
" .


References :


Flora of Vic. online VicFlora: 
• *Stackhousia* (genus) page, key to species : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/key/2467  
• *Stackhousia subterranea* : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/bd1cb980-9042-4f5a-aecf-d1285614c473
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• Barker, William R. (2007)
*Stackhousia subterranea*, a new name and revised circumscription for S. gunnii Hook. f.(Stackhousiaceae∼ Celastraceae).
Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 21 : 90–91 .
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Tapirlord wrote:
   18 Oct 2024
Cheers Jason

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  • 26 Aug 2007 01:19 PM Recorded on
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