Australia

Swainsona formosa

Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 6, 2006

Swainsona formosa

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Flower of Dichopogon strictus

Dichopogon strictus

Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 4, 2006

Another day, another plant with a name that’s flip-flopped back-and-forth for nearly half a century. Chocolate lily (to Australians–that name means something else to North Americans) has been known as both Dichopogon strictus and Arthropodium strictum over the years.

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Flower (lacking 1 tepal) of Burchardia umbellata

Burchardia umbellata

Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 21, 2005

Burchardia umbellata (milkmaids) is native to much of Australia, with the exception of the Northern Territory (distribution map). To avoid growing under stressful dry summer conditions, Burchardia umbellata sends up its leaves from an underground tuber after autumn or winter rains, flowers in spring and then concludes its yearly cycle by producing its fruit before […]

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Banksia baxteri in Australia

Banksia baxteri

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 19, 2005

Eric La Fountaine (UBC Botanical Garden staff member) visited Australia last year, and snapped this photograph of bird’s nest banksia (also known as woollybear banksia (–or not, see comments–). Banksia baxteri grows natively in tall shrublands with sandy soils along the south coast of Western Australia. This region is one of the world’s “biodiversity hotspots“.

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