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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.
Decumbent or prostrate shrub to 30 cm tall and often forming mats to 50 cm wide. Stems are usually glabrous, rarely with short hairs. Leaves are obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic, 4–30 mm long and 3–9 mm wide; margins have lateral teeth or lobes. Flowers are mostly terminal and sessile. Sepals 6–8 mm long and hairless. Petals are 7–10 mm long and yellow. Stamens number 20–25 and surround the 3 carpels. Flowers from spring to autumn.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, erect or ± prostrate herb, 10-20 cm tall. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate to narrow-obovate to spathulate, 1.5–3 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute and mucronate, base slightly stem-clasping, both surfaces white-tomentose. Heads woolly at the base, 1.5–3 mm diam., in axillary clusters forming a leafy panicle, subtended by several ovate to obovate hyaline bracts. Flowers in spring and early summer. Grows in disturbed areas.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, erect or ± prostrate herb, 10-20 cm tall. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate to narrow-obovate to spathulate, 1.5–3 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute and mucronate, base slightly stem-clasping, both surfaces white-tomentose. Heads woolly at the base, 1.5–3 mm diam., in axillary clusters forming a leafy panicle, subtended by several ovate to obovate hyaline bracts. Flowers in spring and early summer. Grows in disturbed areas.
This was an observation shown to me by Wim in the streets of Sydney. Definitely deserves exploration as performance, journalism, as art to some degree.
Geranium potentilloides (Soft Crane's-bill)
Prostrate to scrambling perennial; stems to about 100 cm long, with short, soft spreading to recurved or appressed hairs; taproot thickened, much-branched. Leaves orbicular to reniform, 0.5–4.5 cm long, palmatisect with 5–7, trifid, sometimes further dissected or toothed, primary lobes; ultimate lobes obtuse to acute; upper surface with spreading hairs;
Flowers solitary (rarely paired); sepals ovate to oblanceolate, 3.5–5 mm long, petals spathulate to broad-obovate, 4–8.5 mm long, obtuse to retuse, white to pink; anthers yellow to orange.
Characterized by single flowers, thickened and branched taproots, and the uniform recurved or appressed indumentum on most or all parts of plant."
(from VicFlora)
Prostrate to erect shrub 0.3–2.5 m tall and with smooth, purplish brown or light green bark. Phyllodes are narrowly oblanceolate or very narrowly elliptic to linear, straight to slightly curved, 5–15 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, glabrous, ± glaucous, Only the midvein is prominent. Flowerheads are usually 5–10-headed in an axillary raceme; heads are globose, 3–10-flowered and pale yellow to nearly white. Pods are ± straight, ± flat, 2–5 cm long and 8–19 mm wide. Flowers from April to September. Grows in heath and dry sclerophyll forest or woodland, in sandy soil; chiefly on the coast.
Introduced cool-season biennial or short lived perennial legume; stems are semi prostrate to erect, thick and 30-160 cm tall. Leaves are pinnate with 7-15 pairs of round to oval leaflets and succulent; upper surface is hairless and lower surface is hairy. Flowerheads are racemes with up to 35 pea-like flowers; petals are red to crimson. Pods are 3-8-segmented and have a rough short thorny surface. A native of the Mediterranean region, it is sown as a short-term ley legume in cropping systems. It produces large quantities of high quality feed in winter and spring. It can be grazed or cut for hay (less leaf drop than lucerne, but thicker stems are more difficult to dry) or silage, but is not suitable for use in grass/legume pastures.
A remnant Prostrate kowhai, a few old plants still cling onto the rocky cliff. A large one was dislodged a few years back by road construction.
The prostrate position is a standard: arms spread-eagled and ankles crossed, in simulation of Christ's crucified position. Having someone assist in 'penitensya' is not uncommon. Rolling on the ground, walking on one's knees add to the physical punishment.
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.
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Family : Proteaceae
Here at Round Hill Headland near Town of 1770 this species occurs side by side in both red and white (or cream) coloured forms with there being more on the site of the cream form than the red form.
Interestingly, this is the site where Captain Cook and Joseph Banks, presumably who the species was named after, came ashore on the 24th May 1770.
The following is from Tony Rodd - re the naming of Grevillea banksia.
G. banksii was named by Robert Brown in 1810, in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Brown stated its origin as "In Novae Hollandiae ora orientale: Keppel Bay, Pine Port, &c". The actual specimen in the British Museum, chosen as lectotype by McGillivray and Makinson from among Brown's collections in the British Museum, is cited by them as "Port I [between Facing and Curtis Islands, near Gladstone]".
Here is a few other pics I have of a taller growing red form of Grevillea banksii I have growing here at home.
Here is a shot by tanetahi, with an interesting explanation, showing both red and cream plants of the taller variety growing together on the Herberton Range in North Queensland.
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.
A prostrate Hovea sp. nicely lit by the afternoon sunshine. Found in bushland in Katoomba, Blue Mountains.
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 perennial tufted, sometimes stoloniferous, C4 grass; stems are erect, geniculate to prostrate, relatively brittle, to 70 cm tall and with a ring of glands below the nodes. Leaf blades are soft and sheaths are hairless or with tubercle-based hairs (i.e. with small wart-like outgrowths at their base); there are rigid 2-4 mm long hairs either side of the ligule. Flowerheads are contacted panicles at first, becoming open panicles at maturity and 8-27 cm long; lower branches are whorled, hairs are only found in the axils of the main stem and the lower ones sometimes have a brown ring of glands below them. Spikelets are 4-5.5 mm long and 1-1.5 mm wide, usually 3-7 flowered, flattened, unawned and with lemmas 1.5-1.8 mm long. Flowers in summer and autumn. A native of Africa, it grows on well-drained gravel to sandy loams in disturbed and overgrazed areas, especially roadsides. Found as far south as Wellington. Thought to have been brought in as a seed contaminant of Eragrostis curvula, it is spreading along roadsides on the north west slopes. Of no importance to livestock as it currently mostly grows on roadsides. Grows in same habitat as Eragrostis curvula and Eragrostis pilosa and often mistaken for these species.
The Archangel Michael at the Day of Judgment stands on a prostrate demon and holds a flaming sword raised in his right hand. He is represented winged, wearing a tunic with short sleeves, a breastplate, a scarf draped over his shoulder and gathered on his hip, a "lorica," and buskins adorned with winged cherub heads. The demon has wings and a serpentine tail; its head, arms, and torso are human. It grimaces in pain, exposing its teeth.
There are several comparable examples of this type of St. Michael although none have been identified with tis type of European-style marble base. On the basis of a document related to the export of a stylistically similar figure of St. Michael (now in the Convent of St. Stephen [San Esteban] in Salamanca) from the Philippines to Spain in 1686, the present piece can be dated to ca. 1670-1690.
Limited use has been made of gilding, now dark brown for the most part, and of polychromy. The Archangel's eyebrows and pupils are brown, his lips red, and his long hair gilded. The wing feathers are delineated in gilding as are the scroll motifs of the tunic and "lorica" and the stripes, zigzag lines, rosettes, and scrolls which adorn the scarf and buskins. A red sun and gold moon and stars adorn the breastplate. His collar is bordered with ovals and lozenges in red and black on a gold band, and a raised faceted gem is represented in its center. The demon's hair is black, its eyebrows and pupils are dark brown, and his lips and a wound in its abdomen are red.
A number of pieces of ivory have been employed in creating this statue. The Archangel's head and torso are carved from a single tusk, the arms are in two segments, and the legs each of a single piece. Separate sections have been doweled to the torso to constitute the "lorica" skirt. Each wing is formed by three sheets of ivory held together by cross-members. The head and torso of the demon are carved from a single, solid tusk, with separate pieces for the tail and limbs.
Numerous, often crude, repairs have been made to the statue, which has experienced breaks and losses. Among the losses are the Archangel's scales for weighing souls and the demon's right arm and wing, as well as a peg intended to fit a hole drilled into the demon's head.
The statue of the Archangel is held upright by two iron rods that extend from holes in the soles of his feet through the demon's torso into a gray marble base carved with a depiction of Hell. Amid the flames are two satyrs, one of which has lost its head. The marble base, which differs stylistically from the rest of the piece, appears to have been carved by a European artist.
Other ivory figures dated to the 17th and 18th centuries now in the Walters that are thought to have been carved in the Philippines: 71.358, 71.390, 71.392, 71.405, 71.406, 71.412, 71.322, 71.324, 71.333. See R. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (1985) for more information and illustrations of some of these.
Figure H: 40 9/16 in. (103 cm)
H with base: 46 9/16 in. (118.2 cm)
medium: ivory with gilding and paint
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Native, perennial, prostrate to ascending, hairless herb with stems to 20 cm long. Plant base is woody with a thick or woody rhizome. Leaves are circular to oblong and 2–10 mm long, with entire or finely toothed margins. cyathia are solitary in the axils of leaves and are very small. Involucre of glands about 0.7 mm long and with red (with pink or white), petaloid appendages. Widespread throughout NSW in bare or disturbed sites.
Native, warm-season, prostrate, ascending or erect, much-branched, hairless herb. Grows in heath and swampy areas, extending into open sclerophyll forest on damp sandy soils
Introduced cool-season annual
hairy herbaceous C3 legume, with short taproots and prostrate to sprawling stems. Leaves have 3 heart-shaped leaflets on stalks of equal length; they also have variable white and brown markings which depend on plant variety and time of year. Flowerheads consist of clusters of 3-6 white (rarely pinkish), pea-like flowers. Depending on variety, seedheads are either pushed into cracks or buried in the ground. Flowers from late winter to early summer. A native of Europe and the Mediterranean region, it is widely sown in pastures and naturally occurs in disturbed areas of lawns, roadsides and grasslands. Best suited legume for large areas of southern Australia and sown over millions of hectares. Suited to permanent and semi-permanent pastures and cropping rotations. There are 3 distinct subspecies: 1) subterranean – suited to well-drained, slightly acid soils; 2) yanninicum - tolerates intermittent waterlogging and poorly drained conditions and; 3) brachycalycinum - suited to neutral to alkaline soils. Fixes nitrogen and produces high quality feed from autumn to spring but can cause bloat. Requires medium to high soil fertility, particularly phosphorus, sulfur and molybdenum. Tolerant of heavy grazing. Grasses needs to be well grazed in late summer and early autumn to remove residues and aid the germination and growth of clover seedlings.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, erect or ± prostrate herb, 10-20 cm tall. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate to narrow-obovate to spathulate, 1.5–3 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute and mucronate, base slightly stem-clasping, both surfaces white-tomentose. Heads woolly at the base, 1.5–3 mm diam., in axillary clusters forming a leafy panicle, subtended by several ovate to obovate hyaline bracts. Flowers in spring and early summer. Grows in disturbed areas.
This prostrate annual forb flowers only late summer and the flower clusters rise slightly above soil level in contrast to earlier summer growth that is mostly prostrate. This native annual prostrate forb, Tiquilia nuttallii, is most abundant in sandy swales. Stem branching is dichotomous, the leaf venation is furrowed on the upper surface, and the leaf hairs are coarse, as is characteristic of many borage species. This site lies in the Wyoming big sagebrush steppe of the Idaho National Laboratory, east of Lincoln Blvd and off Seven Mile Road, Butte County, Idaho.
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.
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.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, erect or ± prostrate herb, 10-20 cm tall. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate to narrow-obovate to spathulate, 1.5–3 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute and mucronate, base slightly stem-clasping, both surfaces white-tomentose. Heads woolly at the base, 1.5–3 mm diam., in axillary clusters forming a leafy panicle, subtended by several ovate to obovate hyaline bracts. Flowers in spring and early summer. Grows in disturbed areas.
Photo taken from roof of Jokhang of prostrators in the Barkhor Square below. This is one of the holiest sites in Tibetan Buddhism.
Native, warm-season, annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate to erect, aromatic herb covered with glandular and other hairs. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, lamina to 30 mm long, sinuate to entire; petioles are usually shorter than the blades. Flowerheads consist of few- to many-flowered axillary clusters. Flowers are bisexual or female and about 1 mm across; perianth segments 5, free to base, keeled or inflated upwards, hairy towards apex, often spathulate; stamen 1 or 0. Flowering is in summer. Grows in woodlands and open areas in eucalypt forest and rainforests. Becomes a weed of cultivation. Suspected of poisoning stock.
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.