catlynch's Identifications
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Invisible Plant (Siemssenia capillaris)Observer
johno27Description
Dry conditions, vegetation minimal, flower approx 6mm diameter
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Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)Observer
arthur_chapmanDescription
Singing Bushlark (Mirafra javanica) on road between Muloorina Station and Marree, South Australia. Photographed on 6 May 2016.
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Low Bluebush (Maireana astrotricha)Observer
knicolsonDescription
Similar to M.sedifolia but the leaves have a narrow petiole where they attach to the stem
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Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)Observer
arthur_chapmanDescription
Singing Bushlark (Mirafra javanica) on road between Muloorina Station and Marree, South Australia. Photographed on 6 May 2016.
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Cucumis argenteusObserver
arthur_chapmanDescription
Cucumis argenteus about 50 km south of Mungerannie Station on the Birdsville Track, South Australia. Photographed on 4 May 2016.
Previously known as Cucumis madaraspatanus however that species does not occur in Australia. See treatment by Telford, I.R.T. et al. BioOne (www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1600/036364411X569561).
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Waterbush (Myoporum montanum)Observer
arthur_chapmanDescription
Western Boobialla (Myoporum montanum) at the Muloorina campground near Lake Eyre, South Australia. Photographed on 5 May 2016.
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Observer
arthur_chapmanDescription
Climbing Saltbush (Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea) about 50 km south of Mungarannie Station on the Birdsville Track, South Australia. Photographed on 4 May 2016.
This is a scrambling plant, climbing over other plants such as Enchylaena tomentosa
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Watermelons (Genus Citrullus)Observer
arthur_chapmanDescription
Citrullus lanatus at Tippipilla Creek in the Tirari Desert along the Birdsville Track in South Australia. Photographed on 4 May 2016.
Identified by Ian Telford, University of New England, pers. comm. May 2016, and who stated "C. lanatus, progenitor of the cultivated Watermelon, now naturalised all over Australia."
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Tribulus hystrixObserver
arthur_chapmanDescription
Sandhill Puncture Vine (Tribulus hystrix) on sand dune along Birdsville Track near Clifton Hills Station, South Australia, Australia. Photographed on 4 May 2016.
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