1 Billy Buttons at Tennent, ACT
Identification history
| Craspedia sp. | 25 Jan 2023 | Tapirlord | ||
| Craspedia variabilis | 23 Jan 2023 | Tapirlord | ||
| Craspedia aurantia var. aurantia | 20 Jan 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Craspedia aurantia var. aurantia | 15 Jan 2023 | natureguy | ||
| Craspedia sp. | 15 Jan 2023 | NedJohnston |
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User's notes
Smaller than surrounding variabilis and distinctively orange. Growing in a bog.
7 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
23 Jan 2023
This is very low for C.aurantia which belongs to a group of flora endemic to the subalps & main range not motane bogs. the flower head not being hemispherical plus the acute-tipped leaves make me think this is more likely a particularly dark c.variabilis. compare the the colour of the flower to Craspedia aurantia var. aurantia (Orange Billy Buttons) (true c.aurantia from the main range), & Craspedia sp. (Billy Buttons) (my third photo, which is again quite dark, but not c.aurantia).
Tapirlord
wrote:
23 Jan 2023
The first link, there seem to be some errors with inserting links into comment.
natureguy
wrote:
24 Jan 2023
Thanks Ciaran, I presume you are probably right given your expertise but it looked quite different from Ned's other sighting of variabilis nearby or any others I've seen for that matter and when I ran it through the key it came out better for aurantia for me though in hindsight it doesn't quite look right either, I am not 100% convinced on variabilis
Tapirlord
wrote:
25 Jan 2023
I'm going to go with Craspedia species & remove the significance listing, I think its likely to be C.variabilis but it's difficult to be sure. Given that C.aurantia is locally rare I think it is wise to be cautious particularly as this would be close to the altitudinal limit for that taxa.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Dec 2022 11:59 AM Recorded on
- NedJohnston Recorded by
Species information
- Craspedia sp. Scientific name
- Billy Buttons Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 96 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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