Tetratheca procumbems Spreading pinkbells Eleocarpaceae Flowering: September through to February Usual habitat/distribution: Commonish, but scattered around in sub alpine heathlands, grasslands from sea level up to mountains. Status: Not sure Description: Small little shrub branching mostly from the base, with slender stems…
Epacris corymbiflora Straggling Heath or Buttongrass Heath Ericaceae Flowering: October through January Usual habitat/distribution: Pretty common in wet, boggy, peaty places in the South West and West of Tasmania. Especially in Buttongrass plains Status: Not listed Description: Upright little shrub, roughly around…
Epacris gunnii Coral Heath Flowering: September through December Usual habitat/distribution: Pretty common amongst the subalpine areas in damp, marshy areas. Status: Not listed Description: An erect shrub that can get up to 1m tall. Leaves are small, sharp and pointy with the…
Spiranthes australis Pink Spiral Orchid Flowering: October through to March Usual habitat/distribution: Marshy and poorly drained spots usually around reeds and grasses. Description: Flower gets about 20 – 45cm tall with anywhere up to 60 flowers in a distinctive spiral arrangement. Can’t…
Caladenia dilatata Green-comb spider-orchid Flowering: Late November – January Usual habitat/distribution: Heathland. Open eucalypt forest and coastal scrub Status: Not listed Description: Hairy leaves, up to 13cm long and 8mm wide with a purple tinge at the base. Usually single flowers about 20…
After years of walking and playing on Mt Wellington, this is the first time I have found this in flower. I remember talking with Mark Wapstra one day in late 2015 whilst on an Orchid foray about this plant. I…
Diuris sulphurea Tiger orchid Flowering:Mid October to Early December Usual habitat/distribution:Open woodland, coastal or near coastal grasslands. Found from Tassie up to Queensland and across to South Australia. Status:Not listed Description:20 – 60cm tall.Leaves linear tuft of 1-31-6 flowers per…
Ozothamnus antennaria Asteraceaesticky everlasting Tasmanian endemic Usual habitat/distribution:Common and widespread on rocky hillsides. 100-1000m. Status:Not listed Flowering:November – January Description:Medium sized shrub, about 1-2m and 1-2m across. Leaves are green on top and pubescent white underneath. Recurved margins, prominent mid…
Richea dracophylla Ericaceaepineapple candleheath Tasmanian endemic Usual habitat/distribution:Rainforest, wet forest, montane and sub-alpine in the South East. Status:Not listed Flowering:August – November Description:Up to 5m tall, woody, multibranched heath. Flowers in terminal spikes that look like little grains of rice…
Leucocoprinus ‘white’ Gilled Fungi Habitat and Substrate: . Description: All white with a little bit of a scaley cap. Distinct annulus which moves!