Botany at WTP

Hi Anthea, I’ve seen these plants too and I suspect they are a “Monkey-flower” latin name Mimulus, which like to grow on the bare mud as wetlands dry. I’ve seen them a plenty on lignum wetlands in northern Victoria as they dry up, and they certainly do make for a lovely spectacle. The Creeping Monkey-Flower Mimulus repens is the one I’ve seen in the north many times, but this may be a different variety, maybe Small Monkey-Flower Mimulus prostrates. Have to confess though I didn’t have a really close look when I was last at the WTP, so happy to be corrected. Cheers, Simon Starr _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org