Some of Our Local Tasmanian Wildflowers (Ten Photos)

Yesterday I took a walk at the "Henry Somerset Orchid Conservation Area". It's an area of remnant forest where over twenty species of native orchid have been recorded. I was unsuccessful in my objective of finding orchids, however, I took the opportunity to photograph some of the other interesting wildflowers that were in bloom. Some of these plants are well suited to cultivation, so if you are interested in gardening with Tasmanian native plants, the book, "Tasmania's Natural Flora", published by the Australian Plants Society, has information on which species are suitable for your garden and what their requirements are.

The photos were taken with a Canon 7D and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens.

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_{Lovecreeper (Comesperma volubile)}

The next two are Hop Bitter-pea. When the first Europeans arrived in Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania) they used the leaves of this plant as a bittering agent in there beer. It couldn't have tasted too too as, since then, hops have become a major crop here.

_{Hop Bitter-pea (Daviesia latifolia)}

_{Hop Bitter-pea (Daviesia latifolia)}

_{Native Wood Violet (Viola hederacea)}

_{Showy Bossia (Bossiaea cinerea)}

_{White Flag-iris (Isophysis moraea)}

_{Hairy Pinkbells (Tetratheca pilosa)}

_{Hairy Pinkbells (Tetratheca pilosa)}

_{Forest Candles (Stackhousia monogyna)}

There are several native Oxalis species in Australia but this last shot is of an introduced weed species. It's still a beautiful flower though :-)

_{Pale pink-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata)}

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