Flowers and Fungi Gallery

Castle Rock with Tangled burr daisy (Calotis erinacea)

Castle Rock with Tangled burr daisy (Calotis erinacea) and Silvertail (Ptilotus obovatus). According to Aboriginal legend, a girl taken by the Gecko ancester Itirkawara in defiance of the marriage code, was turned into the Rock. Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve, Central Australia

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Pink fringe myrtle (Calytrix longiflora)

Pink fringe myrtle (Calytrix longiflora), understorey shrub of sunny clearings in open forest and woodland that flowers profusely and adds fragrance to the Park's open eucalypt forests, in a transition area between mesic coastal vegetation types and the arid flora of the inland plains. Thrushton National Park, southwestern Queensland, Australia

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Flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius)

Flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius), fallen flowers contrasting with the rich browns of leaf litter on lowland subtropical rainforest floor. Lowland rainforest has been lost from most of its former extent due to coastal urban and rural development. Currumbin Valley, southeast Queensland, Australia

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