Cassinia trinerva at Black Range, NSW

Three-veined cassinia at Black Range, NSW

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8 Jul 2020

StephH

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A number of these soft-leafed plants growing on hard bare slopes. The leaves have a herbaceous scent when crushed. All have been heavily pruned by animals.

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JackieMiles wrote:

9 Jul 2020

Pretty cinfident of this, though these plants are atypical due to being in a harsher environment than their normal gully hangout, plus the leaves get smaller when the animals have been munching on them. The strong smell should be sort of a menthol/curry cross if it is C. trinerva.

StephH wrote:

9 Jul 2020

Thanks again. I did wonder about cassinia but they're so far away from our big cassinia grove that I thought it unlikely. It's a pretty unusual place to find them but, as they're on one of the main animal tracks, perhaps seeds are transported in that way to this spot.

JackieMiles wrote:

9 Jul 2020

Yeah, even though daisy seeds are mostly wind transported in theory, or at least adapted for that with plumes etc, I'm convinced animals move them around too. We more often see fireweed and fleabane along animal pads in our forest than just any old where.

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