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Unusual soft herb found in a dry shady creek bed in Lambert Gully, Hobart

Naturalising at the Arboretum

Recently landscaped sandy soil. Mostly infertile plants. Extends onto nearby road verge.

10s of plants in tidy mowed verge. Not seen nearby. Presumed spreading by seed. No obvious origin.

North south track

Cluster of plants that have likely naturalised for a few years. The original bulb was most likely planted.

Found washed up on the shore

Walls of gorse at Zeehan Cemetery. Fields of gorse can be seen extending off into the reserve.

blackberry getting hammered by green scarab beetles, doing a good job of limiting the declared weed

My son called them penshrooms

1 individual found quite far out into the plateau

I thought it was R. lappaceus but this specimen seems to have 8 petals so I am uncertain of the species.

Growing alongside a track in Kelcey Tier Reserve in Devonport. Never seen this in Australia before; introduced?