Alpine Plants of Australia Including Subalpine and Montane Plants |
Common terms and phrases
4-5 mm long Acacia alpine areas altitudes Australia basal rosette base blunt Bogong High Plains bracts branches calyx capsule carpels centimetres centimetres long clusters cm high cm in diameter cm long common conspicuous Cream crowded daisy dense egg-shaped Epacris erect Eucalyptus fairly broad feet fern flower tube flowerhead flowerhead actual Flowerheads solitary Flowers small Flowers solitary fronds fruit actual genus grasslands grey-green habitats hairs Labellum leaf axils leaflets leathery Leaves narrow lobes mainland margins mature leaves metres high millimetres mm long montane numerous oblong occur opposite pappus pappus bristles petals phyllode pink pointed prostrate purple ray florets Richea rounded sclerophyll seedbox seeds sepals sepals and petals shorter shortly stalked shrub small plant sometimes South Wales species spikes spreading stalkless stamens stems stiff subalpine succulent sucker leaves tall shrub tane Tasmania thick toothed tubular usually variable White widely distributed woolly yellow