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Prostrate,warm-season, perennial herb forming dense mats up to 1.6 m across. Stems are thick and woody. Grey, hairy, slightly succulent, roughly spoon-shaped leaves are alternately arranged along the stems and 4–25 mm long. Flowers are tiny white to pink, found in the leaf axils and have 5 "petals" and 10 stamens. Fruit are small (2-3 mm across) cup-shaped capsules containing a small number of seeds. Flowering is from spring through to autumn. Not very common, but may be locally abundant, especially in the Hunter Valley. Often forms dense mats on roadsides, lawns, wasteland, and other disturbed areas. Tolerates drought and soil salinity. Most commonly found in areas receiving summer rainfall, on loam soils. Does not persist in areas that are regularly and frequently grazed. Successfully planted to stabilise mine tailing dumps, but has spread from there.
Prostrate spreading villous perennial herb with long non-glandular and shorter glandular hairs. Basal leaves usually broad-elliptic to broad-ovate, hastate or sagittate and margins toothed; upper leaves are smaller. Flowers on pedicels 5–20 mm long. Corolla 2.5–7.5 mm long; tube white; spur white, curved and 5–7 mm long; upper lip purple to brown-purple-fronted, and lower lip pale yellow. Flowers from November to May. A native of Europe, North Africa and south western Asia, it is found in disturbed areas. In this case following severe drought in Dungog Common.
Fabaceae/Leguminosae: Syn: A. ligulata, A. salicina, A. saligna,
Coastal Umbrella Wattle, prostrate,
coastal cliffs,
Aldinga Beach,
South Australia.
Photo by Clio Tarazi
ibit.ly/CSyT
Ceanothus is a large genus of diverse, versatile and beautiful North American species in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. Many are native to California, some endemic to Sonoma County. The genus includes over 60 shrubs, prostrate or mounding, often from 1-6 ft. high, although native C. arboreus and C. thrysiflorus can become small trees up to 18-20 ft. tall. Common names include California lilac, mountain lilac, wild lilac, buck brush, and, less commonly, blueblossom.
Ceanothus species are easily identified by a unique leaf venation shared by all plants within this genus. The ovate leaves, mostly with slightly serrated edges, have three prominent parallel veins extending from the leaf base to the outer margins of leaf tips. Leaves normally have a glossy upper surface and vary in size from ½-3 in. Many of the very drought-tolerant and deer-resistant species have spiny, holly-like leaves.
Blossoms are largely blue in a wide range of hues, but a few are white or pink. Flowers are tiny and produced in large, dense clusters that are intensely fragrant—some say overly so. Bloom period is generally March into May when flowers become food sources for larvae of some butterfly and moth species, bees, and other beneficial insects, all of which make ceanothus a component of habitat gardens or an Integrated Pest Management program.
Several members of the genus can form a symbiotic relationship with soil microbes and fungi, forming root nodules that fix nitrogen. This is a reason why fertilizing is not normally recommended. Adding fertilizer may kill good micro-organisms and make room for the bad ones. Ceanothus plants are better left fending for themselves.
Good drainage is a key for success with ceanothus, as with so many native plants. If soil and drainage are less than ideal, place rootballs on a mound a little higher than the surrounding grade. Or try to plant on slopes so the surface runoff drains more rapidly.
Most species need full sun, though in hotter areas some afternoon shade is beneficial. In garden plantings, those tolerating summer irrigation are easily satisfied by one or two deep waterings a month when established. In more naturalized areas, or transition zones, no additional summer water should be applied following the second year after planting.
While ceanothus can be shaped by tip pruning and cleaning out interior or low dead growth, it resents serious cutting back into old wood where shoots cannot be produced. Prune from the inside, lightly thinning, and removing a few lower limbs.
The ideal time to plant is late fall through early winter when rains can foster deep root growth. Throughout the following summer, watering should be infrequent, yet deep, allowing soil to dry out between soakings. Once established, plants require very little or no water.
Ceanothus is often said to be short-lived, but that may be caused by excess summer water and soil amendments. California native plants are generally intolerant of all of these. In their wild conditions, ceanothus plants have a natural life cycle of 10-15 years, some even longer, though fire sometimes shortens that span.
Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum (Gremli) Gams, syn.: Dorycnium germanicum (Gremli) Rikli, Dorycnium sericeum(Neilr.) Borbàs, Lotus dorycnium L.
Family: Fabaceae
EN: Prostrate Canary Clover, DE: Seiden-Backenklee, Deutscher Backenklee
Slo.: malocvetna španska detelja
Dat.: June 17. 2008
Lat.: 45.81838 Long.: 13.60392
Code: Bot_0273/2008_DSC9717
Habitat: stony grassland partly overgrown with bushes and scattered trees; moderately steep mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous ground; warm, dry, sunny, open place elevation 130 m (430 feet); average precipitations 1.500-1.600 mm/year, average temperature 12-13 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region.
Substratum: skeletal soil.
Place: Next to the trail from village Sela na Krasu to border crossing Klariči between Slovenia and Italy; west of village Brestovica pri Komnu, Brestoviški dol, Primorska, Slovenia EC.
Comment: The clover Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum is mainly distributed around Mediterranean Sea, mostly in the European southeast part of the region. The plant is often treated on species level (Ref.:3 ) as Dorycnium germanicum. Flora Europaea, Euro+Med Plantbase and IUCN use the proposed name (subspecies level), local floras mostly use the name Dorycnium germanicum.
In Slovenia only two species of genus Dorycnium are known, the alternative taxon being Dorycnium herbaceum Will., which is distinctively taller and different from Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum (Ref.:3). So, the determination of these pictures seems quite reliable but the naming remains an open question.
Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 571.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 308.
(3) K. Janša, Revision of the genus Dorycnium in Slovenia (in Slovenian), Graduation thesis at the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Biology dep. (2008).
June 24, 2017 - Looking down from the roof terrace of the Jokhang Temple to Buddhist pilgrim worshippers. Lhasa, Tibet.
This fascinating plant is Prostrate Tick-trefoil (Desmodium rotundifolium), also called Roundleaf Trailing Tick-trefoil. Pine Log WMA, Bartow County, Georgia.
The prostrate form of Hardheads are overall smaller than the usual upright plants. On less fertile shallower drier soil, this plant adopts a prostrate habit. It is still has a long stem and usually has a single flowerhead. The stem pushes its way through dense vegetation but lies upon or just above the ground, rather than being held erect
Prostrate knotweed (Polygonum aviculare), Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae).
Elbow Fork Trail, Millcreek Canyon, Utah; elevation 2056 m.
Fabaceae/Leguminosae: Syn: A. ligulata, A. salicina, A. saligna, prostrate,
Coastal Umbrella Wattle, prostrate,
coastal cliffs,
Aldinga Beach,
South Australia.
Introduced warm-season perennial prostrate ephemeral or perennial herb. Stems are softly hairy, to 60 cm long and root at the nodes. Leaves are stalked, obovate to circular, 0.5–5 cm long, mostly hairless. Flowerheads are oval, to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. Bracts are lanceolate and pungent pointed. A native o South America, it is a widespread weed of bare ground and disturbed areas.
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.
This rosemary has the ability to cascade if grown on a wall or even a hanging basket. Mine is in the ground but I am going to try cascading it on the retention wall we made for our house.
Prostrate knotweed (Polygonum aviculare), Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae).
Elbow Fork Trail, Millcreek Canyon, Utah; elevation 2056 m.
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.
Matted prostrate shrub of sandy areas in open. With fleshy linear sharp-pointed overlapping leaves. Twigs tipped with dense bud-like clusters of young leaves. Similar H. tomentosum is much more densely gray-hairy. Slope of sandy ravine above beach, Menemsha Hills, Chilmark, MA 9/14/11
The prostrate versions of Grevillea banksii come from the coast. Our local form is a sparsely branched upright affair, with similar habit to G. pteridifolia
Synonym: Lotus corniculatus var. tenuifolius, Lotus tenuis
AKA: Narrow-leaved bird's-foot trefoil, Slender trefoil, Creeping trefoil, Prostrate trefoil
Non-native
More info: USDA PLANTS database, wikipedia
Inscription above the prostrate body reads:
"Archibald Campbell, Marqvess of Argyll
Beheaded Near This Cathedral A.D. 1661
Leader in Covncil and in Field for the Reformed Religion"
This is a very intriguing glyph. It looks like a mountain sheep, either on its back or its belly,with its legs splayed to the sides. It also might be a pelt with its head and feet still attached, such as a hunter might use to disguise himself when stalking sheep or a shaman might wear during a ceremony. Its definitely a departure from the usual depiction of sheep in profile. Its about two feet in height, so the effort to produce it was not negligible.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to ovate and 8-16 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are dense, rounded clusters (8-15 mm long) of 20-40 yellow, inflated, pea-like flowers. Pods are oblong and 1-2 mm long. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, the Mediterranean and West Asia, it is found in pastures, woodlands and roadsides; although more common on roadsides than in grazed pastures. Usually found on coarse-textured low-fertility soils where groundcover is reduced. Generally only found at low densities in pastures. Provides good quality feed, but it is not very productive.
Small unknown, soft, prostrate, green shrub, with spear-shaped leaves.
Mt Cottrell.
Possibly Canberra Grass Scleranthus biflorus?
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.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, prostrate to ascending, sparsely hairy herb to 60 cm tall. White latex appears where the plant is broken. Leaves are 0.6-3 cm long, opposite, and have 3 strong longitudinal veins, with reddish brown markings mostly along the central vein. Flowerheads are loose clusters of tiny “flowers”, with white or pink petal-like appendages. Flowering is in summer. A native of the Americas, it is found in dry disturbed; often on sandy soils. A minor weed of roadsides and waste areas. Little other information is available about its importance or management in NSW.
Native, warm season, perennial herb. Stems are creeping, prostrate to decumbent and slender, with strongly retrorse-strigose hairs. Leaves are hastate or sagittate, 4–6.5 cm long, 15–32 mm wide, with sparse antrorse to occasionally retrorse hairs mostly restricted to veins and margins. Flowerheads have 2–4 branches with small terminal subglobose flower clusters 5–10 mm long with bracts crowded at end of branches. Perianth segments 3.0–3.7 mm long, pink or white. Common in coastal regions (less so on the South Coast). In open swamps. Not eaten by livestock.
Native, warm season, perennial herb. Stems are creeping, prostrate to decumbent and slender, with strongly retrorse-strigose hairs. Leaves are hastate or sagittate, 4–6.5 cm long, 15–32 mm wide, with sparse antrorse to occasionally retrorse hairs mostly restricted to veins and margins. Flowerheads have 2–4 branches with small terminal subglobose flower clusters 5–10 mm long with bracts crowded at end of branches. Perianth segments 3.0–3.7 mm long, pink or white. Common in coastal regions (less so on the South Coast). In open swamps. Not eaten by livestock.
Spreading semi-prostrate shrub, 0.2–0.5 m high; branchlets pubescent.
Leaves mostly elliptic to ± oblanceolate, 5.3–23 mm long, 1.8–5.5 mm wide, margins scarious, finely toothed; lamina glabrous, upper surface flat or concave; petiole to 1 mm long.
Flowers erect, cream, pale yellow-green or occasionally pink or red; bracteoles 2.9–3.6 mm long, glabrous. Sepals 7–9 mm long, pubescent but with margins ± glabrous, pink-tipped. Corolla tube 12.5–15 mm long; lobes 13–17.5 mm long. Filaments 11–14 mm long; anthers 4.3–5.8 mm long.
Fruit 4.3–8.5 mm long, slightly lobed.
(Source: plantnet)
Native, perennial, prostrate succulent herb with creeping stems to 2 m long that root at the nodes where they touch the ground. Leaves are 3-sided 3.5–10 cm long, straight or slightly incurved and dull blue-green when young; often becoming pinkish-red when old. Found on coastal sand dunes, usually very close to the sea.
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.