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Ptilotus exaltatus is a highly desirable Australian Native plant due to its abundant and colourful flowers, but its horticultural potential is limited by poor germination. The seed dispersal unit of the plant is a 2 x 1.5-millimetre nut enclosed by the perianth , which prevents germination. [ 8 ]
These flowers are generally bird pollinated, the bird holding the plant stem while it visits the flower. A few others have flowers with a combination of these arrangements. [3] [4] [5] As the flower ages, the corolla falls off, then the calyx enlarges and becomes coloured as the fruit enlarges. The fruits contain from 2 to 12 seeds and may lie ...
Eremophila longifolia, known by a range of common names including berrigan, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia.It is a shrub or small tree with weeping branches, long, narrow leaves and brick-red or pink flowers and is found in all Australian mainland states and the Northern Territory.
Trichodesma zeylanicum, commonly known as Northern bluebell, camel bush or cattle bush, is a herb or shrub native to Australia. Description It ...
Isopogon anethifolius, Maranoa Gardens Infructescence of Isopogon anemonifolius. Isopogon, commonly known as conesticks, conebushes or coneflowers, [3] is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, and are endemic to Australia.
Cochlospermum fraseri is a deciduous shrub or small tree which can grow to 7 m tall. It flowers from March to October, the inflorescence being a terminal panicle. The flowers are asymmetric, having five sepals in two whorls, with the outer two sepals being shorter than the inner three, and it has numerous stamens.
Eremophila sturtii is a shrub growing to a height of 1–3 m (3–10 ft) with many slender branches and dark grey, deeply fissured bark on older specimens. Its leaves are arranged alternately, bright green, slightly aromatic, mostly 10–50 mm (0.4–2 in) long and 0.5–2.5 mm (0.02–0.1 in) wide.
After the primordia initiation there may be another vegetative flush of growth on the plants. The flower develops in bud form for seven to eight months. The date of flowering is highly variable as waratah flowering is sensitive to its environment. Royal Doulton "Waratah" pattern, after 1922, a local flower to appeal to the Australian market.