poisonshroom Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hey everyoneI went for a walk around uni the other day and found what appears to be a Dodonea sp. of some sort - does can anyone confirm that from the pictures?Also I decided to take a picture of this other random plant i see growing wild around town (mostly in poor rocky/clay soil) looks interesting, so I was hoping someone may be able to id that one too (red flower)The seed pods and plant arent (werent) sticky, but dodonea viscosa apparently is, which is why Im not so sureAnd this is the red flower thing - Im not too sure, but i think they are usually kind of spiny, and they are a low growing shrub (usually not much taller than a meter or so), but appear to spread to about 2m widethank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradox Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 the first one is probably dodonea sp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazonian Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 The second beautiful plant looks like a form of Bauhinia, also known as a Hong Kong Orchid Tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Definitely a Dodonaea sp. for the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poisonshroom Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Yea I thought the first one was dodonea of some kind - itd be nice to try and find the exact species, but that would be difficult from just photos. Does anyone know if they can all be used similarly?And after amazonian suggested Bauhinia i had a quick search on google and its Bauhinia Galpinii - and on the first page of results there was a link to the JCU website (the actual location I took these photos) which has a nice list of plants that grow around the Townsville and Cairns campuses. Its not bad, but some of the info is a bit off and there are a fair few typos, but its good to see whats around and get some info as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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