Chrysocephalum semipapposum 090124-0399
Northern Kosciuszko National Park, Cave Creek in vicinity of Cooleman Caves and the Blue Waterholes, New South Wales.
A very common species in this altitudinal zone in northern Kosciuszko NP -- a perennial with densely massed stems and ericoid, aromatic foliage. Around here it occurs in two forms, one grey-leaved, the other green-leaved, sometimes mixed together or sometimes occupying different sites. I suspect this is a simple kind of genetic polymorphism, or perhaps they behave as distinct species -- you would need to discover whether the two forms behave as a single breeding population, or not.
Chrysocephalum semipapposum 090124-0399
Northern Kosciuszko National Park, Cave Creek in vicinity of Cooleman Caves and the Blue Waterholes, New South Wales.
A very common species in this altitudinal zone in northern Kosciuszko NP -- a perennial with densely massed stems and ericoid, aromatic foliage. Around here it occurs in two forms, one grey-leaved, the other green-leaved, sometimes mixed together or sometimes occupying different sites. I suspect this is a simple kind of genetic polymorphism, or perhaps they behave as distinct species -- you would need to discover whether the two forms behave as a single breeding population, or not.