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Burchardia umbellata
Simple, clean white 25mm flowers in clusters of up to 10 with six petals. The flowers were on top of a single, plain, tubular stem about 40cm above ground. The base was a clump of narrow, long, pointed, dark green leaves.
Near a small lake in a local nature reserve.
Aboriginals ate the tubers either raw or cooked.
These flowers were already host to some small crab spiders which look like they're doing quite well for themselves. The spiders must be about 2mm.
Spotted on Sep 26, 2014
Submitted on Sep 26, 2014
27 Comments (1–25)
Thanks Bhagya and Antonio.
congratulations Mark... nice spotting...
Beautiful spotting Mark,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thanks Chamalka, Tiz, Marta. I saw them again today and was surprised how small they are... but still very attractive.
Congratulations on the SOTD! A very fine one as well :)
Best ones from Sweden
Congratulations Mark.Lovely spotting!
Congratulations, Mark! :-)
Thanks Pradeep and Reza.
Congratulations ! for the SOTD!
Congratulations !
Thank you Gilma. Yes I think you might be right.. not many flower SOTD.
Beautiful flowers!! Congratulations on the SOTD, Mark Ridgway.
Isn't this one of the few if not the first "Flower/Plants" that gets that honor, here in PN?
Thanks everyone.
Nice flower! Congrats Mark!
Beautiful flowers, Mark! I especially love the 4th photo. Congrats!
Congrats Mark! Lovely spotting. Insects and spiders are a plus :-)
What a gorgeous flower .. congrats on the SOTD Mark
Way to go Mark on your SOTD ! insects seem to agree :)
Congratulations ! They are beautiful and I love the collection of insects.
Nice Mark, congrats on SOTD
Well done Mark!
too good !! both (flower n spider) are awesome !!
That's wonderful. Thanks so much Yasser. I'm not usually big on flowers but these sweet little gems plucked some heartstrings.
Mark, it might be simple, but it's a beauty and our Spotting of the Day! It was quite fascinating to read about how the potato-like tubers were used as food too. Thanks for sharing this stunner and so many others and thanks for all you do for the community.
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Thanks Hema and Vinny. These were a very pleasant find today.