#haemodoraceae

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Conostylis setosa

18-SEP-2025

Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic

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#3801 - Conostylis caricina

A couple more from years past that I've got IDs for now - at least I'll be able to close a few dozen tabs on my desktop after I've written these ones up. Back to NZ stuff soon, I promise.

A tufted perennial with leaves up to 20cm long, endemic to the SW of Australia, where it grows in gravel, clayey loam, and sand.

Talbot Road Nature Reserve, NE Perth.

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Yellow Paws

Kangaroo Paw ‘Yellow’ (Anigozanthos flavidus) blooming in the Australian Garden. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Anigozanthos humulis - Catspaw

located on Noongar Boodja (Boodja = country)

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Tribonanthes violacea

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Anigozanthos manglesii

Anigozanthos is an Australian genus in the family Haemodoraceae, and the name “kangaroo paws” is often used for them.The flowers come in various colors, but one of the most striking is Anigozanthos manglesii, with its vivid red-and-green flowers. When the tubular flowers open, they peel back a bit to show their pale green inside hue, as well as their yellow stamens. Native to Western Australia.

-Brian

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#3148 - Anigozanthos humilis - Common Catspaw

A flowering, bird-pollinated perennial endemic to SW Australia, growing up to 1m in height, but half the size of the more famous Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii. That's probably why they named it after a smaller animal.

First described by John Lindley in his 1840 work A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony. Three subspecies are recognised, but I don't know which ones you get around Wongan Hills.

The rest of the eleven species are also endemics to the SW, but have become hugely popular ornamentals elsewhere in Australia, as well as being WA's state flower.

Great Southern BioBlitz 2024, Wongan Hills - Wongan Wildflower Walk.

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#3149 - Conostylis aculeata ssp. aculeata - Spiny Conostylis

Photo by @gemfyre

A clumping perennial growing from underground rhizomes, endemic to the SW corner of Australia like all others in the genus. This is one of ten subspecies of aculeata, some of which are grown as ornamentals.

Insect-pollinated - some of which don't wait for the flower to open properly.

Great Southern BioBlitz, Wongan Hills - Gathercole Reserve.