Morning Glory Convolvulus sp.
Calytrix decussata and Calytrix exstipulata An-barndarr - Turkey bush
Sundew
An-djedj - Cochloprerum fraseri - Kapok bush
Northern Hyacinth Orchid
Commelina ensifolia (thanks to Daniel Layton for the ID)
Tree Textures
Spinifex
Milky Plum/Wild Pear - Persoonia falcata
New shoots of grass emerge from a previously scorched mosaic
An-djimjim - Pandanus aquaticus - Water Pandanus fruiting - the fruits are inedible
Pandanus
Carpentaria Palm
Grevillea
Basket Ferns in a shady spot
Wärrkarr - Onion, Robust or Bush lily Crinum angustifolium an annual herb with an onion-like bulb which when crushed forms an antiseptic wash for infected skin.
In the Gayngaru Wetlands the appearence of the pink-white flowers signals that maranydjalk (stingrays) are fat and ready to be hunted.
on the left are empty dried fruit holders, on the right are fruits (two different plants) that I thought were Green Plums - but on investigation do not seem to be... but I don't know what they are - can anyone enlighten me?
The above are various flowers from the floodplain below the Kakadu escarpment
They're like huge seed pods! - They come from another world!
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