Roadside flowers of Stoney Creek

The Stoney Creek Nature Reserve is located beside Captains Flat Road opposite Clydesdale Road in Carwoola.  The verge on the Southern side of the road (adjacent to private property) was vandalised by scraping but after a solid set of rains the Northern side of the road has hit its marks running.

Driving past the most obvious plants are a patch of Calotis scabiosifolia var. integrifolia! (Thanks Ros for the update.)

 They mixed in with some Bulbine lilies:

Proving that they are not too choosy,  the lilies also mixed with Leucochrysum albicans albicans var tricolor which are an officially endangered variety of daisy in this area.  The second image shows a native bee displaying interest in a flower and the third is a bud demonstrating the reason for the varietal appendation of 'tricolor!


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