Love the Granites!

Day 11 Anthocercis viscosa Lowlands Reserve, A plant a day, 4 November 2020

Anthocercis viscosa. sticky tail flower growing in the exposed granite above Healing Beach

My nearest granite to sit and watch the waves. Possible Aboriginal grinding groove for grinding berley

Anthocercis viscosa , growing in the granite above Healing Beach today 4 November 2020

I love everything about granites, , I love the warmth of the stone where I bask and embrace my inner lizard, I love the geckoes and all the other granite loving reptiles, I love the resilient flora growing in granite , I love the views, I love the connection to Noongar Boodja , the lizard traps, karda mias, see my 2014 research at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OgvZe1Wd7D7g10KhqfLTN5nkNfhjw5_j/view

Anthocercis has recently been flowering profusely in the granite areas above Healing Beach and so close to the shore. Anthocercis viscosa is endemic to our south coast granite outcrops.

White flowers of anthocercis on the beach

Lil critter trapped on a sticky leaf of the anthocercis

I like the scent of this bush and I’m curious about its thick sticky leaves, which sometimes trap insects. Could anthocercis be protocarnivorous? , like our trigger plants?

Black cockatoos are loving Lowlands Reserve today, here they are above Healing Beach

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Lowlands Reserve is managed by the local community and City of Albany. Bush Heritage manage lots of other wonderful reserves