#boryaceae

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#1971 - Borya scirpoidea - Pincushions

Unlike the other Borya species I’ve found before, this one doesn’t form thickets of tiny tree-like branches and mimiature forests on exposed granite. Instead it has stems that lie on the ground, with narrow needle-like leaves pointing up. It was growing in laterite soil at the bottom of a granite boulder slope, however.

North of Bindoon north of Perth.

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Boryaceae - Wikipedia

Borya scirpoidea

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#1180 - Borya constricta - Resurrection Plant

A small, very spiky plant that grows on outcrops of granite, drying out to a bright orange in the drier seasons, but turning green again come the winter rains. It was interesting to see the flowerheads on this trip, since I had no idea they were held so far above the rest of the plant, nor that they were even spikier than the rest of it.

Dingo Rock, near Wongan Hills

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Grampians Pincushion-lily ~ Borya mirabilis

Borya mirabilis is restricted to a single population of fewer than 10 plants in the Grampians Victoria. The small colony was further reduced in the 2005 Grampians fires and is susceptible to the water mould Phytophthera cinnamomi. It appears to be self-incompatible and can't produce seed. Plants have been propagated by cutting and a second population established in an attempt to lower the risk of extinction due to fire. Plants are also maintained ex situ at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Photo: Noushka Reiter, Wimmera Catchment Management Authority