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Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims walk clockwise around the Johkang temple. The pilgrimage circuit around sacred site is called Kora. Tibetans perform Kora while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra, counting prayer beads and prostrating.
Same place, small prostrate herb in leeward 2000' pasture, again no flowers. Less hairy stem that isn't red, longer pointed leaves.
Pilgrims who repeatedly prostrate themselves, make a Tibetan prayer gesture, raise their hands in prayer, and lay down on the ground, their arms extended in front of them. Then they stand up and place their feet where their fingertips had just touched and repeat the process again. Those that do this often wear knee pads, aprons and canvas shoes on their hands.
Tibetan pilgrims worship in front of the Jokhang by prostrating themselves repeatedly.
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Thamnolia subuliformis 'Whiteworm Lichen' is a prostrate, white fruticose with hollow stalks lichen growing on soil. It has no soredia, isidia or fruiting bodies and reproduces solely by fragmentation. This species and T. vermicularis are identical and can be distinguished by chemical means and geography. T. vermicularis is mainly found in the coastal mountains and T. subuliformis in the Rocky Mountains. This is a very common species at the Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, 6747July 07, 2011
Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect or prostrate, tufted grass to 1 m tall. Leaves are flat, hairless (except for a few scattered hairs near the base) and usually have a pale midrib. There is no ligule. Flowerheads are an erect primary axis of racemes (to 22 cm long) with relatively short branches; with conspicuous hairs in the axils and along the racemes. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long and 2 flowered (fertile lemma smooth and shiny), with the apices ending abruptly in a short point or having an awn to 5 cm long. Flowers during the warmer months. Possibly a native of Asia, it is a common weed of disturbed areas, especially where there is excess moisture (e.g. wasteland, agricultural land, riverbanks, drains, shallow/drying swamps). An indicator of disturbed moist areas. A weed of summer crops. Produces palatable and good quality feed when grazed during early growth stages, but becomes harsh and unpalatable when mature. Toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant; this is especially dangerous when the plant is wilted and more attractive to stock. Rarely managed individually in pastures due to its low abundance in coastal pastures. Will decrease where dense ground cover is maintained over summer.
Buddha being prostrated by a buddhist on the upper section and well-wishers in the middle section. 开化寺大雄宝殿宋代壁画的线条多为：“兰叶描”，笔法功底深厚，线条遒劲圆润，运笔流畅自如。其画面上的景物大小不等，形象准确，透视合度。 各种人物大者1米，小者10 余厘米，多数则为30-40厘米，皆能通过不同的动作和姿态， 表达出各自不同的内心世界和思想感情。这些人物形象或端庄，或清逸，或喜悦，或虔诚。眼神的勾画，传神达意；须髯毛发，根根见肉；服饰衣褶，精炼流畅。在画面设色上，开化寺大雄宝殿东壁和西壁以铅粉和石绿为主，兼用朱砂和赭石，画面色调偏冷。西壁以石青，石绿，朱砂，赭石，铅粉为主，兼用地黄，气韵和谐，暖色微重。殿内壁画上后妃，菩萨的花冠，飘带以及宫殿脊兽等精致部分，皆沥粉贴金，从而增强了画面瑰丽的效果。
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims walk clockwise around the Johkang temple. The pilgrimage circuit around sacred site is called Kora. Tibetans perform Kora while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra, counting prayer beads and prostrating.
Prostrate shrub, 0.02-0.05 m high, to 0.15 m wide. Fl. cream-white, Jun or Nov. Gravelly clay loam. Lateritic ridges.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
These mostly have prostrate stems so their crowns never rise far above the forest floor. Growing at the edge of the escarpment on the southern border of the National Park, overlooking the Tweed Valley in New South Wales.
Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims prostrating in front of the temple.
Legs are tied with rope.
Prostrate thyself before the mighty madame ginkgo.
This tree is simply beyond parallel. Ginkgo has its own taxonomic division, class, order, family, and genus in which there is one species, Ginkgo biloba. It seems to have fruits but they aren't quite fruits. It once grew all over the northern hemisphere, now it is known in the wild in a couple places in China, in groves possibly tended by monks for a millennium. Unlike "traditional" humans, it is the male that is beautiful and demure. The female is beautiful and will punish you a crushing bounty of fruits, little yellow fleshy seeds the size and color of apricots but taste and smell of rotten peach. Mmm. Beloved nourishment in China.
I could go on and on about this tree. Basically every feature is unique.
Native, yearlong green, perennial, prostrate to decumbent, pleasantly aromatic (Geranium-like odour), moderately to densely hairy herb. Leaves are decussate and have 15–25 mm long petioles; lamina are depressed to very broadly ovate, 35–40 mm long and 45–50 mm wide; margins are bicrenate with 7–10 rounded teeth. Flowerheads are compact cymose clusters. Calyces have a maroon outer surface or are partly green. Corollas are tubular, 2-lobed and 6 mm long; the tube is white and lobes bright blue with a purple tinge; upper lobes ± erect; lower lobes extended forward. Stamens have a purple tinge. Flowering is throughout year. A rare ROTAP species, which grows in shallow sandy soils of rocky coastal headlands on the North Coast of NSW.
Anemone is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the Middle East. The genus is closely related to several other genera including Anemonoides, Anemonastrum, Hepatica, and Pulsatilla. Some botanists include these genera within Anemone.
Anemone are perennials that have basal leaves with long leaf-stems that can be upright or prostrate. Leaves are simple or compound with lobed, parted, or undivided leaf blades. The leaf margins are toothed or entire.
Flowers with 4–27 sepals are produced singly, in cymes of 2–9 flowers, or in umbels, above a cluster of leaf- or sepal-like bracts. Sepals may be any color. The pistils have one ovule. The flowers have nectaries, but petals are missing in the majority of species.
The fruits are ovoid to obovoid shaped achenes that are collected together in a tight cluster, ending variously lengthened stalks; though many species have sessile clusters terminating the stems. The achenes are beaked and some species have feathery hairs attached to them.
Anemone was named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and is situated in the tribe Anemoneae, subfamily Ranunculoideae, and the family Ranunculaceae. As considered in the broader sense (sensu lato) the genus is sometimes considered to include a number of other genera, such as Anemonoides, Anemonastrum, Hepatica, Pulsatilla, Knowltonia, Barneoudia, and Oreithales. Several of these were included as separate genera within Anemoneae by Wang et al., a tribe with six genera in total.
Early molecular analyses divided the genus into two subgenera (Anemonidium and Anemone), with seven sections, and 12 informal subsections. Ziman and colleagues (2008) treated the genus Anemone as 5 subgenera, 23 sections, 4 subsections, 23 series and about 118 species. A further reclassification by Hoot and colleagues (2012) estimated 200 species.
Hoot et al. found many of the previously defined subdivisions, based on morphological characteristics were polyphyletic or paraphyletic. In contrast two clearly defined monophyletic clades emerged corresponding to the above two subgenera. Anemonidium demonstrated four subclades, corresponding to sections. The larger subgenus Anemone showed a similar pattern.
Hoot et al. proposed the following two subgenera and several sections be retained, with a number of subsections and series:
A. subg. Anemonidium sect. Hepatica Spreng.
A. subg. Anemonidium sect. Keiskea Tamura
A. subg. Anemonidium sect. Anemonidium Spach
A. subg. Anemonidium sect. Omalocarpus DC.
Anemone subg. Anemone L.
A. subg. Anemone sect. Pulsatilloides DC.
A. subg. Anemone sect. Pulsatilla (Mill.) DC.
A. subg. Anemone sect. Rivularidium Jancz.
A. subg. Anemone sect. Anemone L.
As of April 2020 Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 63 species in the genus Anemone:
Anemone afghanica Podlech
Anemone alaschanica (Schipcz.) Borodina
Anemone angustiloba H.Eichler
Anemone baissunensis Juz. ex M.M.Sharipova
Anemone begoniifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot
Anemone berlandieri Pritz.
Anemone biflora DC.
Anemone brachystema W.T.Wang
Anemone brevistyla C.C.Chang ex W.T.Wang
Anemone bucharica (Regel) Finet & Gagnep.
Anemone canadensis L.
Anemone caroliniana Walter
Anemone cathayensis Kitag. ex Tamura
Anemone coronaria L.
Anemone cylindrica A.Gray
Anemone debilis Fisch. ex Turcz.
Anemone decapetala Ard.
Anemone drummondii S.Watson
Anemone edwardsiana Tharp
Anemone flexuosissima Rech.f.
Anemone fulingensis W.T.Wang & Z.Y.Liu
Anemone fuscopurpurea H.Hara
Anemone glazioviana Urb.
Anemone hemsleyi Britton
Anemone hokouensis C.Y.Wu ex W.T.Wang
Anemone hortensis L.
Anemone howellii Jeffrey & W.W.Sm.
Anemone imperialis Kadota
Anemone koraiensis Nakai
Anemone lacerata (Y.L.Xu) Luferov
Anemone laceratoincisa W.T.Wang
Anemone liangshanica W.T.Wang
Anemone lithophila Rydb.
Anemone lutienensis W.T.Wang
Anemone milinensis W.T.Wang
Anemone motuoensis W.T.Wang
Anemone multifida Poir.
Anemone nutantiflora W.T.Wang & L.Q.Li
Anemone ochotensis (Fisch. ex Pritz.) Fisch.
Anemone okennonii Keener & B.E.Dutton
Anemone orthocarpa Hand.-Mazz.
Anemone palmata L.
Anemone parviflora Michx.
Anemone pavoniana Boiss.
Anemone pendulisepala Y.N.Lee
Anemone petiolulosa Juz.
Anemone poilanei Gagnep.
Anemone raui Goel & U.C.Bhattach.
Anemone robusta W.T.Wang
Anemone robustostylosa R.H.Miao
Anemone scabriuscula W.T.Wang
Anemone seravschanica Kom.
Anemone somaliensis Hepper
Anemone sumatrana de Vriese
Anemone taipaiensis W.T.Wang
Anemone tamarae Kharkev.
Anemone thomsonii Oliv.
Anemone tibetica W.T.Wang
Anemone triternata Vahl
Anemone truncata (H.F.Comber) Luferov
Anemone tschernaewii Regel
Anemone tuberosa Rydb.
Anemone virginiana L.
Anemone xingyiensis Q.Yuan & Q.E.Yang
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemōnē) means 'daughter of the wind', from ἄνεμος (ánemos, 'wind') + feminine patronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, so 'daughter of'). The Metamorphoses of Ovid tells that the plant was created by the goddess Aphrodite when she sprinkled nectar on the blood of her dead lover Adonis, and Ovid describes the etymology as referring to the frailty of the petals that can be easily blown away by the wind. "Anemone" may also refer to Nea'man, the Phoenician name for Adonis, referring to an earlier Syrian myth of the god of vegetation, also tusked by a boar. The common name windflower is used for the entire genus.
Anemone species are sometimes targeted by cutworms, the larvae of noctuid moths such as angle shades and heart and dart.
Some of the species are grown in gardens. Their popularity varies by species and region. In addition to certain straight species being available, hybrids and cultivars are available for certain species. Certain species, such as Anemone coronaria, are typically only available in hybrid form while others, such as Anemonoides blanda are nearly always sold in straight species form.
Cultivated anemones are nearly always one of the following colors: bluish violet, white, pink, red, and hues in a range between violet and pink. There are no truly blue anemones, despite the frequent use of the label "blue" in marketing to describe blue-violet flowers (flowers that are more violet than blue). Color labelling inaccuracy in marketing is found in treatments of numerous other genera, especially as it concerns the color blue — although some popular garden flowers from the same family are actually blue, such as some selections from Delphinium. One species of anemone, Anemone ranunculoides, is unusual for its yellow flowers. In horticultural terms there are three main groups:
The spring-flowering autumn-planted ephemeral species Anemonoides blanda is grown in large-scale commercial cultivation and can be purchased in bulk quantities. It is most commonly-available with a bluish violet flower (usually erroneously called "Blue Shades" despite its flower being more purple than blue) that varies from intense to pale, depending upon the individual plant and possibly soil conditions. A white-flowered form is the second-most common type. The least common of the commonly-cultivated forms is a pale pink. The violet, and especially pink, forms sometimes possess petals that fade to white near the flower center. The genus contains quite a number of other spring-flowering species. A. hortensis and the hybrid A. fulgens have less-divided leaves than some others and have rose-purple or scarlet flowers.
Among the most well-known anemones is A. coronaria, often called the poppy anemone. It is a tuberous-rooted plant with parsley-like divided leaves and large poppy-like blossoms on stalks of from 15–20 cm high. It can be planted in the fall in zones 7 or 8 without extra protection or in spring in cooler zones. If planted in fall it will flower in the spring and if planted in the spring it will flower in late summer. The flowers are typically scarlet, crimson, bluish purple, reddish purple, or white. There are also double-flowered varieties, in which the stamens in the centre are replaced by a tuft of narrow petals. It has been used as a garden plant, in hybrid form in particular, for a long time in some parts of the world. Double forms are named varieties. Hybrids of the de Caen and St. Brigid groups are the most prevalent on the market. In Israel, large numbers of red-flowering non-hybrid A. coronaria can be seen growing in certain natural areas.
Eriocapitella hupehensis, and its white cultivar 'Honorine Joubert', the latter especially, are well-known autumn-flowering selections. They grow well in well-drained but moisture-retentive soil and reach 60–100 cm in height, blooming continually for several weeks. E. hupehensis, E. vitifolia, and their hybrids and are particularly attractive to honeybees. A number of low-growing species, such as the native British Anemonoides nemorosa and Anemonoides apennina, have woodlands and other shady places as their habitat. Hepatica species typically also grow in shade.
Garden-cultivated anemones generally grow best in a loamy well-drained evenly-moist fertile soil, although the ephemeral A. blanda does not require as much moisture during the summer when it is dormant (unlike the related Eranthis species that can suffer if they become too dry even while dormant). Some prairie species that are rarely cultivated, such as Anemone cylindrica, grow well in drier warmer conditions and poor soil. A. coronaria has been described by some professional sources as preferring acidic soil and by others as preferring alkaline soil. Hardy species may be planted in October in many zones. Unlike a hardier species such as A. blanda, A. coronaria is described as hardy only as low as climate zone 7 by some sources and by others hardy only as low as zone 8. Various strategies, such as the use of protection, can be tried to plant them outdoors in fall in zone 6 but results may vary. As with other plants, some species can be readily raised from seed while some hybrids may be sterile. A. blanda typically blooms in mid spring. The larger anemone species typically grow well in partial shade, or in full sun provided they are shielded from the hottest sun in southern areas. A well-drained soil, enriched with compost, is typically utilized.
If cut flowers are desired, it is best to harvest the flowers early in the morning while it is still cold outside while the bloom is still closed. To open your flowers place in room temperature water out of direct sun. A. coronaria blooms can be purchased from some florists, between November and June depending upon availability.
"Anemone" has several different meanings depending on the culture and context in which the flower is being used.
Several of the Western meanings of anemone flowers pertain to the Greek mythology of the origin of the anemone flower featuring Adonis and Aphrodite. The goddess Aphrodite kept the mortal man Adonis as a lover; when Adonis was gored by a wild boar, Aphrodite's tears at his death mixed with his blood and gave rise to the anemone. In other versions, the boar was sent by other jealous Greek gods to murder Adonis. These origin stories reflect the classical dual meanings of the arrival of spring breezes and the death of a loved one.
In the Victorian language of flowers, the anemone represented a forsaken love of any kind, while European peasants carried them to ward off pests and disease as well as bad luck.
In other cultures, the meanings differ. In Chinese and Egyptian cultures, the flower of anemone[which?] was considered a symbol of illness due to its coloring. The anemone[which?] can be a symbol of bad luck in Eastern cultures. The Japanese anemone may be associated with ill tidings.
The flowers are featured in Robe violette et Anémones, a 1937 painting by Henri Matisse
Native cool-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate or weakly erect stems which root at the nodes and are sparsely covered in long white hairs. Leaves are 1-2 times divided, 1-4 cm long and sparsely hairy to nearly hairless. Flowerheads consist of solitary heads held above the leaves on slender stalks. Heads are hemispherical, 4-5 mm wide and usually creamy to yellow-green. Fruit are 1–1.5 mm long and flattened, with narrow thickened wings or wingless. Flowers in winter and spring. Found in moist, often disturbed, areas of lawns, grasslands, woodlands and grassy forests. Native biodiversity. An indicator of bare ground and reduced competition. A minor species of pastures, being most common in short, moist areas. Of little importance to stock, as it produces little bulk, is not readily eaten and is rarely abundant.
'ohai.
Beautiful federally-listed endangered endemic Hawaiian species. Ecotype from Molokini Island, off the coast of Maui.
This pious pilgrim/devotee is prostrating in front of The Jokhang.
Those wooden blocks in his hands are for protection against abrasion when he prostrates.
Intense, awe-inspiring devotion to his religion, I must say.
The Jokhang, Lhasa, Tibet
Mahonia repens commonly known as creeping mahonia, creeping Oregon grape, creeping barberry, or prostrate barberry, is a species of Mahonia native to the Rocky Mountains and westward areas of North America.
Mahonia repens is a typical mahonia with conspicuous matte blue berries. It grows as a subshrub. The yellow flowers appear in the middle of spring, and the blue berries in early summer. Although it is evergreen, in fall the leaves turn bronze. The plant is found at elevations from 300 metres (980 ft) to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft).
It is native to Northern America, and found in US states of Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.
The berries are edible but are considered bitter, and used to make jellies.
Creeping mahonia is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use in natural landscaping, and in water conserving, drought tolerant, traditional residential, native plant habitat, and wildlife gardens. It is a low water-needing ground cover for shade and brighter habitats, and in gardens under oaks to reduce or eliminate irrigation that can threaten mature Quercus trees. Berries and foliage are resistant to browsing by deer.
It is a year-round attractive, hardy plant, tolerant of drought, frost, and heat, so it is popular with landscape designers and gardeners.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow. Flowers in spring.
Introduced, warm-season, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending herb. Stems are pubescent to woolly or hairless and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, oblong to more or less spathulate and 2–5 cm long; upper surface is sparsely hairy to hairless, lower surface is pubescent to woolly. Flowerheads are 1–4 cm long, 1–1.2 cm wide. Perianth segments are white, shining and papery. A native of America, it is a widespread weed.
Prostrate pigweed (Amaranthus albus), Amaranth family (Amaranthaceae).
Natural open space near Bywater Park, Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims prostrate themselves before the Jokang, Tibet's most holy monastery, in Lhasa, Tibet.
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Introduced, cool season, annual, hairy, prostrate to ascending legume with branches to 90 cm long. Leaves are trifoliolate; leaflets obovate to obcordate, toothed towards the apex, densely hairy when young and sometimes with darker flecks. Flowerheads are 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers are yellow. Pods are coiled burrs. A native of Europe and western Asia, it occurs in pastures, disturbed ground, road edges, along water courses and on flats around swamps and lakes.
Prostrate Geebung or Mountain Geebung (Persoonia chamaepitys)
Royal Botanic Gardens.
Australia Garden.
Cranbourne.
Victoria.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow. Flowers in spring.
Native, cool-season to yearlong green, perennial, erect or prostrate, hairy herb to 60 cm tall; more or less woody at the base. Basal leaves are petiolate, soon withering; cauline leaves are wedge-shaped to spathulate, 8–40 mm long, sparsely hairy and sessile; margins toothed towards apex. Heads 6–20 mm diam., solitary or in loose leafy cymes of 2 or 3; involucral bracts scabrous-hairy and with scattered glandular hairs; receptacle conical, without scales. Disc florets are tubular and yellow; ray florets are white, blue or purple and 3–9 mm long. Achenes have a pappus of 2–4 rigid barbed awns, with 2–4 basal scales. Widespread on a wide variety of soil types and situations.
The prostrate Grevillea ×gaudichaudii growing at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow. Flowers in spring.