Lobelia membranacea (Campanulaceae)
Kathleen McArthur (1915 - 2000)
Kathleen McArthur was a Queensland naturalist, writer, botanical illustrator and environmental activist who was influential in encouraging my interest and understanding of native plants in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
She produced a series of wildflower cards and prints to help raise funds in the campaign to stop development and sand mining at Cooloola in 1969. I purchased all that were available and hope to include some in future posts.
The "reject" card above was one I saved from our correspondence.
Midyim
22.9.75
Ian,
Bauera capitata is the colour of Boronia falicifolia and grows with it. There is great variation in the size of the leaves. This specimen is the smallest I have come across. It is growing along the side of the ditch a 100 yards off the Nicklin Way about half a mile north of the Currumundi Bridge on the west side.
The arrangement of the leaves, ie in whorls around the stem is similar to Tefiatheca thymifolia but the colours are quite different....Bauera being pure red and Tefiatheca more mauve ----- a bit of blue in the red. Of course I know colours vary but that's fairly constant around Caloundra.
Best wishes
Kathleen McArthur.
Queensland Wildflowers
A Selection by Kathleen McArthur
Jacaranda Press 1959
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