Flora of South Australia, 5th edition (edited by J. Kellermann) (1) Most recent versions of the published Flora treatments Amaranthaceae (version 2) – 7.9MB Asteraceae partly (version 1) – 6.2MB – tribes Cardueae, Cichorieae (formerly Lactuceae), Helenieae & Tageteae Berberidaceae (version 2) – 750KB Brassicaceae (partly) (version 1) – 8.6MB – genus Lepidium Cannabaceae (version 1) – […]
Laver – a delicate red alga favoured as the wrapping around rice for sushi has appeared in a distinct, dark band of growth on boulders of the artificial breakwater of the Sea Rescue Marina(Barcoo Inlet), near West Beach, Adelaide. The species is Porphyra lucasii Levring. Uninspiring at first glance, a sheer, purple, frilly blade about […]
Adelaide shores have recently been battered by high winds and waves, and we generally concentrate on the damage they cause to landscape and property. But storms may also wash in the unusual and unexpected. A volunteer from North Haven, who works in the State Herbarium of South Australia‘s Phycology Unit, brought in a brown alga, Sargassum decurrens (R.Br. […]
In late March 2016, Danielle Calabro, a Ranger at Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, was digging up Bridal Creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) when she came across a dark brownish-black, monstrous lump approx. 0.5 m underground. Danielle dug it up and contacted Pam Catcheside, Hon. Research Associate at the State Herbarium of South Australia, who works on […]
A diminutive turf-like red alga, Lomentaria monochlamydea (J.Agardh) Kylin, has been found growing as a band of turf on the concrete wall of the West Beach boat marina, Adelaide. This species has been known previously from asexual spore plants, but female and male plants have now been found for the first time in South Australia […]
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