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Unknown plant with little red fruit
« on: March 22, 2014, 12:44:08 PM »
This plant appeared in one of the bulb beds under a shrubby acacia.
I think I remember seeing it before but can't remember planting it here.
Being under a shrub I suppose it could've dropped out of a bird...? ::)
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2014, 01:44:07 PM »
Very small photo, fermi........
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2014, 03:31:32 AM »
Sorry, Maggi,
at home so I'm learning to use "Paint" to re-size pics!
Here's a slightly larger version and some new pics taken today,
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2014, 05:51:02 AM »
Fermi it looks like Enchylaena tomentosa,
just check the stem to see if it is hairy in order to confirm it.
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2014, 10:17:19 AM »
Fermi it looks like Enchylaena tomentosa,
just check the stem to see if it is hairy in order to confirm it.
...... in which case those fruits are edible, eh?
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2014, 07:12:22 AM »
Thanks, Oron,
We visited a Native Plants Nursery and saw it in profusion! A worker there confirmed that birds do drop the seeds.
Maggi,
I tasted one of the fruits and I'll stick to strawberries! ;D
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« Last Edit: March 25, 2014, 03:57:43 AM by fermides »
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2014, 11:37:24 PM »
Thought it looked like one of yours Fermi. Quite a nice little plant.
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Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2014, 08:08:04 AM »
Thought it looked like one of yours Fermi. Quite a nice little plant.
I'm sorry I didn't have the camera to take pics at the nursery (Goldfields Revegetation Nursery - http://www.goldfieldsrevegetation.com.au/ ) yesterday.
There was even a yellow fruited form as well as other species. The Ruby Salt Bush as it's known usually forms a dense carpet up to a metre across! I can't let it get to that size where it has seeded itself but may transplant it or take cuttings to start off elsewhere - somewhere it can spread to its heart's content. I'll try a few of the other species as well,
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