Why is Australia associated with green and gold??
When did these colours come to represent "aussies"...??
inflorescence best answer:
Answer by Blah Blah
Those colours do NOT go together. I hate them. I wish they would change them to something nicer.
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Echium candicans #4
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Boraginaceae - Endemic to Madeira Island
Syn. Echium fastuosum
Pride of Madeira
Shown: Heavy display of inflorescences on vigorous, young plant; inflorescences to 30 cm in length
"Echium candicans (syn. Echium fastuosum J.Jacq.[1]), commonly known as Pride of Madeira, is a large biennial or more commonly perennial members of the Echium genus. It is endemic to the island of Madeira but is widely distributed throughout the world as an ornamental and garden plant. In New Zealand it is a common garden escape onto road-side verges and shingle banks in northern South Island (and probably elsewhere).
"In the first year after germination the plant produces a broad rosette of leaves. In the second and subsequent years more or less woody flowering stalks are produced clothed in rough leaves. The flower head is large and covered with blue flowers having red stamens..." (Wikipedia)
Echium candicans has locally naturalized at many points along the immediate coast of California; its flower color is highly variable, running the gamut from pale, watery blue through clear medium blue to intense sapphire; the prominent red stamens lend a purplish cast to the inflorescence in full bloom
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Photographed in Billy Goat Hill Park - San Francisco, California
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