Forest floor sprinkled with stars
Photographed in situ. This was just one of around 10 flowers on the one plant.
These tiny, pretty star-like flowers belong to Romulea rosea which has many common names such as onion grass, rosy sandcrocus and pink romulea.
Native to southern Africa and now with established weed status in all States of Australia bar Queensland.
It is an herbaceous plant growing each year from a rounded underground bulb. Reaching just 20 mm in height. The grass-like leaves grow up to 65 cm long and only 1 to 2.5 mm wide, fanning out from ground level. Flowers are 15 to 30 mm diameter.
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Forest floor sprinkled with stars
Photographed in situ. This was just one of around 10 flowers on the one plant.
These tiny, pretty star-like flowers belong to Romulea rosea which has many common names such as onion grass, rosy sandcrocus and pink romulea.
Native to southern Africa and now with established weed status in all States of Australia bar Queensland.
It is an herbaceous plant growing each year from a rounded underground bulb. Reaching just 20 mm in height. The grass-like leaves grow up to 65 cm long and only 1 to 2.5 mm wide, fanning out from ground level. Flowers are 15 to 30 mm diameter.
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