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Eryngium ovinum [Blue Devil]


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Oldfield, D. 2014. Eryngium ovinum A. Cunn. (Apiaceae) Blue Devil. Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. http://www.ultraviol...num-blue-devil/

 

 

Maldon, Victoria, Australia

8 January 2014

Australian Native Wildflower as Garden Specimen

 

Synonyms

Eryngium rostratum Cav.

 

 

Comment

A widely distributed species found on moist clayey soils, usually inland and often growing in colonies. The plants take on a very attractive blue colour which intensifies as they mature.

 

Visible Light: Pentax K-5 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Metz 15 MS-1 flash, 1/180 s @ f/16 ISO 200, B+W UV/IR Cut Filter.

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Image Reference: DO52010

 

Ultraviolet Light: Pentax K-5 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Nikon SB-14 flash, 1/180s @ f/16 ISO 200, Baader UV-Pass Filter.

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Image Reference: DO52018

 

 

 

 

References:

Elliott, W.R. and Jones, D.L. Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation, Lothian 1990, Volume 3, p. 487 (as Eryngium rostratum).

 

 

 

Atlas of Living Australia http://bie.ala.org.a...Eryngium+ovinum

 

 

Published 13 January 2014

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