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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Audley, New South Wales, Australia
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Endemic to the mountains of southern Mexico, here in the Sierra Maihuatlan.
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Coquimbo Region, Chile
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Colorado, United States
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I find this Stylidium quite grand as it can grow to nearly 1m tall with its yellow flowers up the flowering spike. The rosette of leaves at the base are unique with a membranous edge to the leaf. "Etymology. The specific epithet is taken from the Greek (hymen membranous, craspedus margined) in reference to the conspicuous hyaline leaf margin." Stylidium hymenocraspedum WegeNuytsia 16:250-252 (2006)The plants often grow among other plants. Here the rosette of leaves is green as it doesn't receive much sunlight to turn it orange. Photo: Jean
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This one was 2-3 feet high in June. Some reach 8-10 feet high in August.
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This is a species of altitude, in this case at 4000 meters on Chimborazo Mountain in Ecuador. Known as the Flor del Andinista.
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Chih-Yi Chang, Hsy-Yu Tzeng, Yen-Hsueh Tseng
Phytokeys
Figure 5.
Comparison of the morphological characters amongst the species of Cirsiumsect.Onotrophe in Taiwan. AC.tatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang BC.kawakamii Hayata CC.arisanense Kitam.: 1 leaf 2 capitula 3 inner phyllary 3’ middle phyllary 3” outer phyllary 4 floret 4’ floret (pappus removed) 5 synantherous 6 style branches 7 achene 7’ achene with pappus.
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[Oligochaeta of the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand].
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Pleurophyllum criniforum in Bloom and Bud, Adams Island, Auckland Group.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitor's center, Sevier County, Tennessee, US
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Percy Warner Park, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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West Strahan, Tasmania, Australia
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Kookoolau or Corkscrew beggarticksAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mts., northwest Koolau Mts., Oahu only)Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the leaves in hot teas and tonics. Today, all species of kookoolau can be brewed as a tonic and each are said to have distinct flavors. Regarding Bidens spp., Isabella Abbott comments that "I find that the roughly half a dozen species common in Hawaii offer two or three slightly different flavors, each a bit more subtle than commercial black tea." ("Lau Hawaii: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants")EtymologyThe generic name Bidens is derived from the Latin bi, two, and dens, teeth in reference to the pappus awns or collective bristles on the achenes (fruit, seeds).The specific epithet torta is from the Latin tortus, winding or meandering, in reference to the strongly twisted or tightly coiled achenes (fruit) of this species and also giving it the vernacular name Corkscrew beggarticks.
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Native to the mountains of Ecuador and southern Columbia. Photo from Cayambi-coca Park in the former.